English

Suffix

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.

   wordage

2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result

   blockage; slippage; shrinkage

3. forming nouns of a state or relationship

   bondage

4. forming nouns indicating a place

   orphanage; hermitage

5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee

   postage; brokerage; corkage

6. forming nouns indicating a rate

   percentage; mileage

Synonyms

• (collection): -ery, -ing

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From French -age.

Suffix

-age

Creates nouns from verbs (lekken – lekkage) and from other nouns (tuig – tuigage). It denotes

1. action (kijvage, from kijven)
2. collectivity (tuigage)
3. result of an action (stellage)

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from the Latin ending -aticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʒ/

Suffix

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

See also

Usage notes

• Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

Descendants

• Esperanto: -aĵo
• Ido: -ajo
• Spanish: -aje

Japanese

Romanization

-age

1. rōmaji reading of あげ

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: -age

Occitan

Suffix

-age

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

Old French

Alternative forms

• -aige
• -aje (rare)

Etymology

Latin -āticum.

Suffix

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: -age (borrowed)
• Middle French: -age
  • French: -age