plage

== English == === Etymology === From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pleɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒ === Noun === plage (plural plages) (geography, obsolete) A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone. (astronomy) A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun. === See also === plague === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Plage”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932. “plage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “plage”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Anagrams === Pagel == Danish == === Etymology === From Low German plage, from Latin plaga (“blow, cut, strike”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plaːɡə/, [ˈpʰlæːjə] === Noun === plage c (singular definite plagen, plural indefinite plager) nuisance, pest ==== Inflection ==== === Verb === plage (imperative plag, infinitive at plage, present tense plager, past tense plagede, perfect tense har plaget) bully pester worry ==== Synonyms ==== pine ==== Derived terms ==== plageånd plagsom == Dutch == === Verb === plage (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of plagen == French == === Etymology === From Middle French plage (ca. 1300), borrowed from Medieval Latin plagia, in part after Italian piaggia (modern spiaggia). See the Latin for further cognates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plaʒ/ Rhymes: -aʒ === Noun === plage f (plural plages) beach (mathematics) range ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “plage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === plage inflection of plagen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”). ==== Alternative forms ==== plaghe, ploge plaga, plagam (Latinate) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈplaːɡ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== plage (plural plages) plague ===== Descendants ===== English: plague Scots: plague Yola: plaague, plaauge ===== References ===== “plāge, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== plage (geography) a region; country == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Latin plaga, via Low German plage and Old Norse plága. ==== Noun ==== plage f or m (definite singular plaga or plagen, indefinite plural plager, definite plural plagene) a plague (especially biblical) an affliction, illness, pain a bother, nuisance, pest, worry === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse plága. ==== Verb ==== plage (imperative plag, present tense plager, passive plages, simple past plaga or plaget or plagde, past participle plaga or plaget or plagd, present participle plagende) to afflict, bother, pester, plague, torment, trouble === References === “plage” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin plaga, via Low German plage and Old Norse plága. === Noun === plage f (definite singular plaga, indefinite plural plager, definite plural plagene) a plague (especially biblical) an affliction, illness, pain Synonym: ilske a bother, nuisance, pest, worry Synonyms: ampe, bry, prakke === References === “plage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.