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garage

noun · verb · 11 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
  • US: /ɡəˈɹɑdʒ/
  • US: /ɡɹɑʒ/
  • US: /ɡɹɑdʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/
  • Australian: /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
  • Canada: /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/
  • /ɡ(ə)ˈɹæ(d)ʒ/ Canada, Ottawa Valley
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
  • General-South-African, India: /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/
  • rhymes with -ɑːdʒ
  • rhymes with -ɑːʒ
  • rhymes with -æɹɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: G ER0 AA1 ZH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: auto shop, car workshop, vehicle workshop

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A petrol filling station.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: petrol station, filling station, gas station, service station

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To store in a garage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: outbuilding

Narrower terms: carport, car port

10

noun

Meaning 10

a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: service department

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: repair shop, fix-it shop

11

verb

Meaning 11

keep or store in a garage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we don't garage our car

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: store

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

Across languages

Translations

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: garazh — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Amharic: ጋራዥ (garaž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: مُسْتَوْدَع (mustawdaʕ) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: مِرْآب (mirʔāb) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: جراش (garāš) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: جراچ (garaž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: قراج (garāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: موقِف (mawgif) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: ڭراج (garāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Armenian: ավտոտնակ (avtotnak) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Armenian: գարաժ (garaž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Asturian: garaxe — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Asturian: cochera — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Azerbaijani: qaraj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Belarusian: гара́ж (haráž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Bengali: গ্যারেজ (gêrej) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Bulgarian: гара́ж (garáž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Burmese: ကားရုံ (ka:rum) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Burmese: ဂိုဒေါင် (guidaung) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Catalan: garatge — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Catalan: cotxera — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車庫 /车库 (ce1 fu3) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車房 /车房 (ce1 fong4) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Chinese: 車庫 /车库 (zh-min-nan) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車庫 /车库 (chēkù) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車房 /车房 (chēfáng) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Cornish: karrji — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Czech: garáž — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Danish: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Dutch: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Dutch: autogarage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Esperanto: garaĝo — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Estonian: autokuur — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Estonian: garaaž — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Estonian: garaažiboks — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Faroese: bilhús — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Faroese: bilskúr — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Faroese: bilskúrur — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Finnish: autotalli — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • French: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Galician: garaxe — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Georgian: გარაჟი (garaži) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • German: Garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Greek: γκαράζ (gkaráz) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Hebrew: מוּסָךְ (musákh) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Hindi: गेराज (gerāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Hindi: मोटरख़ाना (moṭarxānā) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Hungarian: garázs — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Icelandic: bílskúr — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Ido: gareyo — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Indonesian: garasi — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Irish: garáiste — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Italian: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Italian: autorimessa — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Japanese: 車庫 (shako) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Japanese: ガレージ (garēji) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Kazakh: гараж (garaj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Kazakh: көлікжай (kölıkjai) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Korean: 차고 (chago) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Northern Kurdish: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Kyrgyz: гараж (garaj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Lao: ອູ່ລົດ (ʼū lot) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Lao: ເຮືອນລົດ (hư̄an lot) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Lao: ໂຮງມ້ຽນລົດ (hōng mīan lot) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Lao: ໂຮງໄວ້ລົດ (hōng wai lot) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Latin: stabulum — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Latvian: garāža — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Lithuanian: garažas — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Macedonian: гара́жа (garáža) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Malay: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Brunei Malay: giris — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Maltese: garaxx — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Marathi: गॅरेज (gĕrej) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Mongolian: гарааш (garaaš) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Mongolian: гараш (garaš) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Mongolian: гараж (garaž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Mongolian: граж (graž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Norman: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: garasje — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: garasje — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Ojibwe: odaabaaniiwigamig — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Pashto: ګاراج (gārāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Pashto: ګراج (garāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Pashto: موټرخانه (moṭarxāna) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Iranian Persian: گاراژ (gârâž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Polish: garaż — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Portuguese: garagem — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Quechua: awtu jallch'ana wasi — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Romanian: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Russian: гара́ж (garáž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Skolt-Sami: auttstä ́llj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: garaids — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: гара́жа — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: garáža — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Slovak: garáž — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Slovene: garaža — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Spanish: garaje — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Spanish: cochera — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Spanish: marquesina — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Spanish: remesa (disused) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Swedish: garage — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Tagalog: garahe — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Tajik: гараж (garaž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Thai: โรงรถ (roong-rót) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Tibetan: མོ་ཊ་འཇོག་སའི་ཁང་པ (mo ṭa 'jog sa'i khang pa) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkish: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkish: arabalık — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkish: kurluk — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkish: kaylık — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkmen: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Turkmen: garaž — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Ukrainian: гара́ж (haráž) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Urdu: گیراج (gerāj) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Urdu: موٹَر خانَہ (moṭar xāna) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Urdu: کار گودام (kār godām) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Uyghur: گاراژ (garazh) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Uzbek: garaj — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Vietnamese: nhà để xe hơi — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Vietnamese: nhà để xe — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Vietnamese: nhà xe — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Vietnamese: ga ra — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Volapük: garad — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Walloon: gåraedje — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Welsh: garej — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Welsh: (puristic) modurdy — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Yiddish: גאַראַזש (garazh) — building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
  • Arabic: مَرْأَب (marʔab) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Arabic: وَرْشَة (warša) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Arabic: وَرْشة (warša) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Bulgarian: серви́з (servíz) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Bulgarian: автосерви́з (avtoservíz) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Czech: servis — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Czech: autoservis — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Czech: opravna — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Czech: autoopravna — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Finnish: autokorjaamo — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Finnish: korjaamo — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • French: garage — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Galician: taller mecánico — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Georgian: ავტოსერვისი (avṭoservisi) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • German: Werkstatt — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Hungarian: szerviz — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Hungarian: autószerviz — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Hungarian: autójavító — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Hungarian: autószerelő műhely — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Hungarian: járműjavító — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Indonesian: bengkel — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Irish: garáiste — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Italian: officina meccanica — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Italian: autorimessa — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Japanese: 整備工場 (seibi kōjō) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Korean: 정비소 (jeongbiso) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Malay: bengkel — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Malay: woksyop — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Marathi: गॅरेज (gĕrej) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Norman: garage — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Portuguese: oficina mecânica — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Portuguese: mecânica — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Portuguese: oficina — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Romanian: autoservice — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Russian: автосе́рвис (avtosɛ́rvis) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Russian: мастерска́я (masterskája) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Russian: ста́нция техобслу́живания (stáncija texobslúživanija) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Sanskrit: यानागार (yānāgāra) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Scottish Gaelic: garaids — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Spanish: taller mecánico — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Spanish: garaje — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Spanish: taller — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Swedish: verkstad — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Swedish: bilverkstad — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Turkish: servis — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Ukrainian: ста́нція техобслуго́вування (stáncija texobsluhóvuvannja) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Ukrainian: автосе́рвіс (avtosérvis) — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Vietnamese: nhà sửa xe — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Vietnamese: tiệm sửa xe — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Vietnamese: ga ra — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Walloon: gåraedje — place where cars are serviced and repaired
  • Bulgarian: гарирам (gariram) — to store in a garage
  • Georgian: გარაჟში მოთავსება (garažši motavseba) — to store in a garage
  • Hungarian: garazsíroz — to store in a garage
  • Ido: garar — to store in a garage
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