English Online Dictionary. What means rage? What does rage mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed through Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Old English hātheortnes (“rage”) and Old English wēdan (“to rage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -eɪd͡ʒ
Noun
rage (countable and uncountable, plural rages)
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- A current fashion or fad.
- 1864, Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, The Eclectic Review (volume 7? volume 120? page 130)
- This rage for boulevardizing has destroyed the quaint, queer, pestilential streets of old Paris, through which it was our pleasure to wander many years since.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (obsolete) Any vehement passion.
Synonyms
- fury
- ire
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rage (third-person singular simple present rages, present participle raging, simple past and past participle raged)
- (intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
- (sometimes figuratively) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) To party hard; to have a good time.
- (obsolete, rare) To enrage.
Translations
References
- “rage, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “rage, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “rage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Jonathon Green (2023), “rage n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “rage v.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams
- Ager, GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, gear
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːɣə/, [ˈʁɑːʊ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse raka, from Proto-Germanic *rakōną, cognate with Swedish raka, English rake. Related to *rekaną (“to pile”) and *rakjaną (“to stretch”).
Verb
rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)
- to scrape
- (dated) to shave
- Synonym: barbere
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “rage,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German rāken (“to hit, reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn. Probably related to the previous verb.
Verb
rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)
- (transitive, usually negated) to concern, to be of (someone's) business
- (transitive) to not concern, to not be any of (someone's) business
Conjugation
References
- “rage,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
From German ragen (“to jut, stick out”), from Proto-Germanic *hragōną, cognate with Old English oferhragan.
Verb
rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)
- to jut, stick out, stand out
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “rage,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rage, from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraː.ʒə/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːʒə
Noun
rage f or m (plural rages)
- craze, fad, fashion.
Synonyms
- hype, modegril
Derived terms
- Pokémonrage
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French rage, from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaʒ/
Noun
rage f (plural rages)
- rage (fury, anger)
- rabies (disease)
Derived terms
- enrager
- fou de rage
- faire rage
- rage de dents
- rage au volant
- vert de rage
Descendants
- → German: Rage
Further reading
- “rage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- gare, garé, géra
German
Verb
rage
- inflection of ragen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle French
Alternative forms
- raige (uncommon)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French rage, raige, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.
Noun
rage f (plural rages)
- rage; ire; fury
- rabies (disease)
Descendants
- French: rage
- → German: Rage
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rage, supplement)
Norman
Etymology
Inherited from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”).
Noun
rage f (plural rages)
- (Jersey) rabies
Old French
Alternative forms
- raige (uncommon)
Etymology
From Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈradʒə/
- (late) IPA(key): /ˈraʒə/
Noun
rage f (oblique plural rages, nominative singular rage, nominative plural rages)
- rage; ire; fury
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin ragere. Compare French raire, réer; cf. also French railler, Italian ragliare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈra.d͡ʒe]
Verb
a rage (third-person singular present rage, past participle not used) 3rd conj.
- (of animals) to roar, howl, bellow
Conjugation
Derived terms
- răget
See also
- urla, mugi, țipa, zbiera