otage

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French hostage. By surface analysis, hôte +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.taʒ/ === Noun === otage m or f by sense (plural otages) hostage Prendre (quelqu'un) en otage. ― To take (someone) as a hostage. === Further reading === “otage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012