German Low German

Noun

Mage f ‎(genitive Magen, dative Magen, accusative Mage, plural Magen)

1. stomach

Usage notes

• The plural form stays the same in every case.

Synonyms

• Liiw (body, figuratively belly)
• Buuk (belly, abdomen)

English

Noun

mage ‎(plural magi or mages)

1. (fantasy) A magician, wizard or sorcerer.

Derived terms

• archmage

Translations

Anagrams

• game
• mega

Danish

Adjective

mage

1. matching

Noun

mage c (singular definite magen, plural indefinite mager)

1. fellow (one of a pair, or of two things used together)
2. mate
3. husband, wife, spouse
4. match

Inflection

Verb

mage ‎(imperative mag, infinitive at mage, present tense mager, past tense magede, perfect tense har maget)

1. arrange

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Old Saxon mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô. Cognate with Dutch maag ‎(“stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɒːɣə], IPA^(key): [mɔːɣə] (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O)

Noun

mage f ‎(genitive magen, dative magen, accusative mage, plural magen)

1. stomach

Usage notes

• The plural form stays the same in every case.

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑʒ

Noun

mage m ‎(plural mages)

1. specialist in occult sciences foretelling the future

   Après une violente dispute avec son mari, elle consulte un mage qui lui prédit un sombre avenir.

2. (obsolete) magus: priest of the Zoroaster religion, with the Persians and the Medes.
3. wise man (one of the three wise men that came from the East to Bethlehem for Jesus Christ)

   L’adoration des mages.

Related terms

• magie
• roi mage

Anagrams

• méga

Friulian

Noun

mage ? ‎(plural ?)

1. stomach

Japanese

Romanization

mage

1. rōmaji reading of まげ

Latin

Noun

mage

1. vocative singular of magus

References

• mage in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mage in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːɣə/

Etymology

From Old Saxon mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô. Cognate with German Magen ‎(“stomach”).

Noun

māge f ‎(genitive magen, dative magen, accusative mage, plural magen)

1. stomach

Usage notes

• The plural form stays the same in every case.

Synonyms

• lif (body, figurative for belly)
• buk (belly, abdomen)

Descendants

• Low German: mage

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Alternative forms

• mave

Noun

mage m ‎(definite singular magen, indefinite plural mager, definite plural magene)

1. abdomen, belly, stomach

Synonyms

• underliv

Derived terms

References

• “mage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Noun

mage m ‎(definite singular magen, indefinite plural magar, definite plural magane)

1. abdomen, belly, stomach

Synonyms

• underliv

Derived terms

• magedans
• mageplask
• magesekk
• magesår

References

• “mage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish maghi, from Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks-.

Pronunciation

Noun

mage c

1. The stomach.
2. The body part between the thorax and the pelvis; the abdomen, belly.
3. (in idiomatic expressions) insolence, gall, cheek

   Ni hade alltså mage att komma oinbjudna?

   "So you had the gall to come uninvited?"

Declension

Derived terms

• ha is i magen – to be calm and cool under pressure; "to have ice in the stomach"
• ha mage – to have the insolence to do something; "to have stomach (for something)"
• hård i magen – having difficulty passing excrements, being constipated; "hard stomach"
• lös i magen – having loose bowels; "soft/loose stomach"

Synonyms

• abdomen
• buk
• kagge
• kula

References

• mage in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian maga, from Proto-Germanic *magô. Compare English maw, Low German mage, Dutch maag, German Magen, Danish mave, Swedish mage, Icelandic magi.

Noun

mage

1. stomach