gage

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Homophone: gauge === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage. ==== Verb ==== gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged) (transitive) To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage. (archaic) To bet or wager (something). (obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn. ==== Noun ==== gage (plural gages) Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative). (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See gauge. ==== Noun ==== gage (plural gages) (US) Alternative spelling of gauge. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged) (US) Alternative spelling of gauge. ===== Usage notes ===== The spelling gage is encountered primarily in American English, but even there it is less common than the spelling gauge. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Back-formation from greengage. ==== Noun ==== gage (plural gages) A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== gage (countable and uncountable, plural gages) (slang, dated, uncountable) Marijuana (archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot. [18th–19th c.c.] (archaic, UK, slang, metonymic) A drink. [from 19th c.] (archaic, UK, slang) A tobacco pipe. [mid 17th–early 19th c.] (archaic, UK, slang) A chamber pot. [19th c.] (archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything. [19th c.] (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A quart pot. [15th–19th c.] == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: ga‧ge Rhymes: -aːʒə === Noun === gage m (plural gages, no diminutive) wage for work performed (in particular for a performance by performing artists) ==== Related terms ==== engageren ==== Descendants ==== → Javanese: ꦒꦗꦶꦃ (gajih) → Malay: gajiIndonesian: gaji, gadji (1901–1947, 1947–1972)→ Ledo Kaili: gaji→ Tausug: gadji→ Dutch: katje→ Petjo: gadji == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaʒ/ Rhymes: -aʒ Homophones: gagent, gages === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French gage, from Old French gage, guage, from Early Medieval Latin wadius (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Frankish *waddī. ==== Noun ==== gage m (plural gages) pledge, guarantee (law, finance) deposit, security, guaranty (guarantee that debt will be paid; property relinquished to ensure this) forfeit (something deposited as part of a game) proof, evidence, assurance (in the plural) wages, salary ===== Derived terms ===== prêteur sur gages tueur à gages ===== Related terms ===== gager ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: gage→ Javanese: ꦒꦗꦶꦃ (gajih)→ Malay: gajiIndonesian: gaji, gadji (1901–1947, 1947–1972)→ Ledo Kaili: gaji→ Tausug: gadji→ Dutch: katje→ Petjo: gadji → German: Gage→ Hungarian: gázsi === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== gage inflection of gager: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular present imperative === Further reading === “gage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gage alternative form of cage === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gage alternative form of gauge === Etymology 3 === From Old French gage, from Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī. Doublet of wage and wed. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡaːdʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== gage A security, surety, or bond. A formal declaration of combat. (rare) Money for the release of a hostage . ===== Descendants ===== English: gage ===== References ===== “gāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 April 2018. == Old French == === Alternative forms === guage, gaige, wage === Etymology === From Frankish *waddī. === Noun === gage oblique singular, m (oblique plural gages, nominative singular gages, nominative plural gage) wage (regular remuneration) (figuratively) payment ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: gage French: gage → Middle English: gage English: gage ⇒ Old French: gager, gagier, guagier Middle French: guagier, gager French: gager → Middle English: gagen English: gage ⇒ Old French: gageure French: gageure, gageüre → Piedmontese: gagi