English Online Dictionary. What means gage? What does gage mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
- Homophone: gauge
Etymology 1
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
Verb
gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
- To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- (archaic) To wager, to bet.
- (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
- (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Translations
Etymology 2
See gauge.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.)
Verb
gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
- (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure)
Usage notes
The spelling gage is encountered primarily in American English, but even there it is less common than the spelling gauge.
Translations
Etymology 3
Back-formation from greengage.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
gage
- (slang, dated) Marijuana
- (archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot. [18th–19th c.c.]
- (archaic, UK, slang, metonymically) A drink. [from 19th c.]
- (archaic, UK, slang) A tobacco pipe. [mid 17th–early 19th c.]
- (archaic, UK, slang) A chamberpot. [19th c.]
- (archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything. [19th c.]
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A quart pot. [15th–19th c.]
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French gage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.ʒə/
- Hyphenation: ga‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːʒə
Noun
gage m (plural gages)
- wage for work performed (in particular for a performance by performing artists)
Related terms
- engageren
Descendants
- → Malay: gaji
- Indonesian: gaji
- → Ledo Kaili: gaji
- → Dutch: katje
- → Petjo: gadji
- Indonesian: gaji
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʒ/
- Rhymes: -aʒ
- Homophones: gagent, gages
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French gage, from Old French gage, guage, from Frankish *waddī.
Noun
gage m (plural gages)
- pledge, guarantee
- (law, finance) deposit, security, guaranty (guarantee that debt will be paid; property relinquished to ensure this)
- forfeit (something deposited as part of a game)
- proof, evidence, assurance
- (in the plural) wages, salary
Derived terms
- prêteur sur gages
- tueur à gages
Related terms
- gager
Descendants
- → Dutch: gage
- → German: Gage (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
Verb
gage
- inflection of gager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular present imperative
Further reading
- “gage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- Alternative form of cage
Etymology 2
Noun
gage
- Alternative form of gauge
Etymology 3
From Old French gage, from Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī. Doublet of wage and wed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaːdʒ(ə)/
Noun
gage
- A security, surety, or bond.
- A formal declaration of combat.
- (rare) Money for the release of a hostage .
Descendants
- English: gage
References
- “gāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Old French
Alternative forms
- guage, gaige, wage
Etymology
From Frankish *waddī.
Noun
gage m (oblique plural gages, nominative singular gages, nominative plural gage)
- wage (regular remuneration)
- (figuratively) payment
Descendants
- Middle French: gage
- French: gage
- → Middle English: gage
- English: gage
- ⇒ Old French: gager, gagier, guagier
- Middle French: guagier, gager
- French: gager
- → Middle English: gagen
- English: gage
- ⇒ Old French: gageure
- French: gageure, gageüre
- Middle French: guagier, gager
- → Piedmontese: gagi