noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɔːɡi/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˌɡeɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/-d͡ʒi/
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General-American:/ˈstɔɹɡi/
General-American:/-ˌɡeɪ/
General-American:/-d͡ʒi/
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noun
Meaning 1
Natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ, “affection, love (especially of parents and children)”), from στέργω (stérgō, “to love (chiefly of non-sexual affection); to show affection”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“to cover; to protect”)) + -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حب أسري
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Czech:
storgé
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Danish:
storge
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Esperanto:
storge
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Finnish:
kiintymysrakkaus
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
French:
storgê
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Greek:
στοργή
(storgí)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Ancient Greek:
στοργή
(storgḗ)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Japanese:
ストルゲー
(sutorugē)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Macedonian:
привр́зана љу́бов
(privŕzana ljúbov)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Russian:
сторге́
(storgé)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Spanish:
storge
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Tagalog:
storge
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Tajik:
сторге
(storge)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Turkish:
storge
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
Ukrainian:
сторге́
(storhé)
— natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children
