-aje

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, both from Latin -āticum. Doublet of -azgo. Cognate with Catalan -atge, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Romanian -aj. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaxe/ [ˈa.xe] Rhymes: -axe Syllabification: -a‧je === Suffix === -aje m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajes) forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc. ‎aprendiz (“apprentice”) + ‎-aje → ‎aprendizaje (“apprenticeship”) ‎voltio (“volt”) + ‎-aje → ‎voltaje (“voltage”) forms masculine nouns with the sense of collection; -age ‎pluma + ‎-aje → ‎plumaje (“plumage”) forms nouns ‎lengua + ‎-aje → ‎lenguaje ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-aje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025