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Loge

Loge

,
Noun.
[F. See
Lodge
.]
A lodge; a habitation.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Loge

Loge

See also: loge, logé, löge, and -loge

English

Proper noun

Loge

  1. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

German

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

Noun

Loge f (genitive Loge, plural Logen)

  1. (freemasonry) lodge
  2. (theater) box

Declension

loge

loge

See also: Loge, logé, löge, and -loge

English

Loges in an opera house.

Noun

loge (plural loges)

  1. A booth or stall.
  2. The lodge of a concierge.
    • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 70:
      About three in the morning, Nora knocked at the little glass door of the concierge's loge, asking if the doctor was in.
  3. An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine.
    • 2006, George Gmelch and J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People, ISBN 0803271271, page 151:
      In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.
  4. An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.
    • 2002, Downing A. Thomas, Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785, ISBN 0521801885, page 274:
      Patte notes that the spectators who were seated there were too close to the action to frame it as real, and that the loges in the avant-scène hampered the effect of the voice.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)

  1. (theater) box, compartment.
  2. (freemasonry) Masonic lodge.
  3. reception area, lobby (of a hotel for instance).
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Hyponyms

Etymology 2

Verb

loge

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of liegen

Etymology 3

Verb

loge

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of logen

French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubja. The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔʒ/

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

  1. (freemasonry) lodge
  2. (theater) box
  3. (obsolete) hut

Related terms

Verb

loge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of loger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of loger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of loger
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of loger
  5. second-person singular imperative of loger

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubja.

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

  1. hut (small often wooden building)

Verb

loge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of loger, logier
  2. third-person singular present indicative of loger, logier
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of loger, logier
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of loger, logier
  5. second-person singular imperative of loger, logier

References

  • loge on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

loge

  1. neuter past participle of ljuga and ljuge
  2. neuter past participle of lyga and lyge

Swedish

Etymology 1

From French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːɧ/

Noun

loge ?

  1. A backstage dressing room for actors at a theatre.
  2. A private seating chamber at a theatre.
  3. A section or local chapter of an order (for instance freemasons).
Declension
Inflection of loge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative loge logen loger logerna
Genitive loges logens logers logernas

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːˌɡɛ/

Noun

loge ?

  1. A barn with a strong and flat wooden floor, suitable for threshing or dancing.
Declension
Inflection of loge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative loge logen logar logarna
Genitive loges logens logars logarnas

Etymology 3

See le (smile)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːˌɡɛ/

Verb

loge

  1. subjunctive of le.

Volapük

Noun

loge

  1. dative singular of log