sage

English Online Dictionary. What means sage‎? What does sage mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Etymology 1

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).

The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

Adjective

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

1. Wise.
2. (obsolete) Grave; serious; solemn.

Synonyms

• (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
• (grave): See Thesaurus:serious

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

sage (plural sages)

2. A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.

Synonyms

• (wise person): See Thesaurus:sage

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• rishi
• maharishi

Etymology 2

From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.

Noun

sage (usually uncountable, plural sages)

2. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
3. Any plant in the genus Salvia.
4. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• salvia

Further reading

• Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese sage (sage), from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.

Pronunciation

• Etymologically /sɑɡɛ/, but often /seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.

Interjection

sage

1. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

Related terms

• age

Verb

sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

1. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

Derived terms

• polite sage

Descendants

• → Finnish: sagettaa

Usage notes

• This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value, but has evolved into a show of disrespect.

Anagrams

• Sega, ages, geas, sega

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• san, son (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːɣə/

Verb

sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːɣə/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːɣə

Noun

sage f (plural sagen)

1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

Derived terms

• heldensage
• riddersage

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakëda.

Adjective

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat, comparative sagedam, superlative kõige sagedam)

1. frequent

Declension

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sage, from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʒ/
• Rhymes: -aʒ

Adjective

sage (plural sages)

1. (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
3. (of a child) good, well-behaved, not naughty

Derived terms

• assagir
• faire que sage
• sage comme une image
• sage-femme

Noun

sage m or f by sense (plural sages)

1. a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. a sage (person)

Further reading

• “sage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ages, âges, âgés

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːɡə/

Verb

sage

1. inflection of sagen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.ɡèː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sə́.ɟèː]

Verb

sagḕ (grade 4)

1. to become stiff or paralyzed

Latin

Adjective

sāge

1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

Noun

sage m

1. singular vocative of sagus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.

Alternative forms

• sauge, sawge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

sage (plural sages)

1. A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “sāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Adjective

sage

1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “sāǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French sauge.

Noun

sage

1. Alternative form of sauge

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapiō, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).

Adjective

sage m or f

1. (Jersey) wise

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

1. to saw (cut something with a saw)

Related terms

• sag (noun)

References

• “sage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapius (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sade (“delicious”), from the Latin form.

Adjective

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

1. wise (having wisdom)

Descendants

• Middle French: sage
  • French: sage
• → Italian: saggio
• → Middle English: sage
  • English: sage

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 202

Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Verb

sage

1. to say

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)