gager

== English == === Etymology === From gage + -er. === Noun === gager (plural gagers) (US) Alternative spelling of gauger. === Further reading === “gager”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Garge, Grega, agger, eggar, regag == French == === Etymology === From gage or from Old French guagier, itself from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddī, *wadja, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiare from *wadium. Compare English to wage and wager, which came from the same source via an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. Compare also some regional languages with French cognates, such as the Walloon wadjî (same sense). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.ʒe/ === Verb === gager to guarantee to wager or bet ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. === Further reading === “gager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === gager alternative form of gauger