Standard Lemma guide

-age

suffix · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪd͡ʒ/
  • /əd͡ʒ/
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  • /ɑː(d)ʒ/
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1

suffix

Meaning 1

Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • word + -age → wordage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: -ery, -ing

Antonyms: none provided

2

suffix

Meaning 2

Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • block + -age → blockage
  • marry + -age → marriage
  • slip + -age → slippage
  • shrink + -age → shrinkage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

suffix

Meaning 3

Forming nouns of a relationship or state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • bond + -age → bondage
  • marry + -age → marriage
  • parent + -age → parentage
  • line + -age → lineage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

suffix

Meaning 4

Forming nouns indicating a place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • orphan + -age → orphanage
  • hermit + -age → hermitage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

suffix

Meaning 5

Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • post + -age → postage
  • broker + -age → brokerage
  • cork + -age → corkage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

suffix

Meaning 6

Forming nouns indicating a rate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • percent + -age → percentage
  • mile + -age → mileage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

suffix

Meaning 7

Forming nouns of a unit of measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

Examples

  • volt + -age → voltage
  • foot + -age → footage
  • tonne + -age → tonnage
  • hour + -age → hourage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: -age — appurtenance or collection
  • Interlingua: -age — appurtenance or collection
  • Italian: -aggio — appurtenance or collection
  • Portuguese: -agem — appurtenance or collection
  • Sicilian: -aju — appurtenance or collection
  • Spanish: -aje — appurtenance or collection
  • Danish: -ing — action, process, result
  • French: -age — action, process, result
  • German: -ung — action, process, result
  • Hungarian: -ás, -és — action, process, result
  • Italian: -aggio — action, process, result
  • Middle English: -ing — action, process, result
  • Occitan: -atge — action, process, result
  • Portuguese: -agem — action, process, result
  • Portuguese: -ção — action, process, result
  • Portuguese: -mento — action, process, result
  • Romanian: -aj — action, process, result
  • Sicilian: -aju — action, process, result
  • Spanish: -aje — action, process, result
  • French: -age — relationship or state
  • Occitan: -atge — relationship or state
  • Portuguese: -agem — relationship or state
  • Portuguese: -ção — relationship or state
  • Portuguese: -ato — place
  • Middle English: -age — charge, fee, or toll
  • Portuguese: -ágio — charge, fee, or toll
  • Portuguese: -agem — rate