-age
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Collection; mass:
集合；大量：
sewerage.
污水，污物 - Relationship; connection:
关系；联系：
parentage.
出身；家系 - Condition; state:
状况；状态：
vagabondage.
流浪；流浪生活 - An action:
行动：
blockage.
封锁行动 - Result of an action:
行动结果：
breakage.
破损；损坏 - Residence or place of:
住处，…的场所：
vicarage.
教区牧师的住宅 - Charge or fee:
费用：
cartage.
货车运费
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Old French
源自 古法语 - from Vulgar Latin *-āticum [abstract n. suff.]
源自 俗拉丁语 *-āticum [抽象名词后缀] - from Latin -āticum [n. and adj. suff.]
源自 拉丁语 -āticum [名词和形容词后缀]
-age
suffix forming nouns
indicating a collection, set, or group
⇒
acreage
⇒
baggage
indicating a process or action or the result of an action
⇒
haulage
⇒
passage
⇒
breakage
indicating a state, condition, or relationship
⇒
bondage
⇒
parentage
indicating a house or place
⇒
orphanage
indicating a charge or fee
⇒
postage
indicating a rate
⇒
dosage
⇒
mileage
Origin
from Old French, from Late Latin -āticum, noun suffix, neuter of -āticus, adjectival suffix, from -ātus -ate1 + -icus -ic-age
Word Origin
1
a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of” (seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage).
Origin
Middle English < Old French < Latin -āticum, neuter of -āticus adj. suffix; an extension of Latin -āta -ate1, whose range of senses it reflects closely
Related Words
- advantage
- agiotage
- appanage
- arbitrage
- badinage
- baggage
-agea noun suffix, common in words taken from French, as in baggage, language, savage, voyage, etc., now a common English formative, forming:
1. collective nouns from names of things, as in fruitage, leafage.
2. nouns denoting condition, rank, service, fee, etc., from personal terms, as in bondage, parsonage.
3. nouns expressing various relations, from verbs, as in breakage, cleavage.
4. nouns denoting an amount or charge, as in postage, corkage.
[Old French, from Latin -āticum]-age
noun suffix
trackage
2.
a. action : process
haulage
b. cumulative result of
breakage
c. rate of
dosage
3. house or place of
orphanage
4. state : rank
peonage
5. charge
postage
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -aticum
1. aggregate : collectiontrackage
2.
a. action : process
haulage
b. cumulative result of
breakage
c. rate of
dosage
3. house or place of
orphanage
4. state : rank
peonage
5. charge
postage
-age
suffix
forming nouns ［构成名词］
1.
- denoting an action表示“作用”, “行为”：
-
leverage
voyage.
- ■ the product of an action表示“作用或行为的结果”：
-
spillage
wreckage.
- ■ a function; a sphere of action表示“功能”, “作用或行为范围”：
-
homage
peerage.
2.
- denoting an aggregate or number of表示“合计”, “数目”：
-
mileage
percentage.
- ■ fees payable for; the cost of using表示“费用”：
-
postage
tonnage.
- ■ informal denoting a large number of something (typically forming nouns whose plurals are correctly formed with -s)〈非正式〉表示“大量的”（常构成添加-s后便成复数的名词）：
-
decibelage
kissage.
3.
- denoting a place or abode表示“地方”, “住所”：
-
vicarage
village.
词源
from Old French， based on Latin -aticum, neuter form of the adjectival ending -aticus.
-age
word-forming element in nouns of act, process, function, condition, from Old French and French -age, from Late Latin -aticum "belonging to, related to," originally neuter adjectival suffix, from PIE *-at- (source of Latin -atus, past participle suffix of verbs of the first conjugation) + *-(i)ko-, secondary suffix forming adjectives (see -ic).
-age
[Noun] activity, or result of action:
[Noun] activity, or result of action:
courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
ORIGIN: Repr. Old French & Modern French -age from Late Latin -aticum neut. of adjectives in -aticus -atic English formative.
☞ age
-age
\ij, ēj also əj\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -aticum
1. : aggregate : collection
< cellarage >
< surplusage >
< trackage >
< wordage >
2.
a. : action : process
< coverage >
< haulage >
< stoppage >
b. : cumulative result of
< breakage >
< shrinkage >
c. : rate of
< dosage >
< leakage >
< outage >
< slippage >
3. : house or place of
< orphanage >
< parsonage >
4. : state : rank
< bondage >
< peonage >
5. : charge for (an act or service)
< postage >
< towage >
< wharfage >
1.
< cellarage >
< surplusage >
< trackage >
< wordage >
2.
a.
< coverage >
< haulage >
< stoppage >
b.
< breakage >
< shrinkage >
c.
< dosage >
< leakage >
< outage >
< slippage >
3.
< orphanage >
< parsonage >
4.
< bondage >
< peonage >
5.
< postage >
< towage >
< wharfage >
-age
Suffix
- Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
- wordage
- forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
- blockage; slippage; shrinkage
- forming nouns of a state or relationship
- bondage
- forming nouns indicating a place
- orphanage; hermitage
- forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
- postage; brokerage; corkage
- forming nouns indicating a rate
- percentage; mileage
Etymology
From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.
Synonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -age
后缀：-age [名词后缀]
1、表示集合名词、总称
wordage 文字，词汇量
percentage 百分比
tonnage 吨数，吨位
wattage 电的瓦数
mileage 英里数
herbage 草本植物
acreage 英亩数
leafage 叶子（总称）
assemblage 集合的人群
peerage 贵族（总称）
2、表示场所、地点
orphanage 孤儿院
village 村庄
anchorage 停泊所
cottage 村舍
hermitage 隐士住处
vicarage 牧师住所
passage 通道
pasturage 牧场
3、表示费用
postage 邮资
wharfage 码头税
railage 铁路运费
freightage 货运费
waterage 水运费
pilotage 领航费
cartage 车运费
towage 拖船费
expressage 快运费
porterage 搬运费
lighterage 驳运费
brokerage 经手费
haulage （拖）运费
demurrage 滞留费
4、表示行为或行为的结果
marriage 结婚
rootage 生根
brigandage 强盗行为
breakage 破碎，破损
stoppage 阻止，阻塞
brewage 酿造
clearage 清除，清理
tillage 耕作，耕种
wastage 耗损
pilgrimage 朝圣
shrinkage 收缩，皱缩
storage 贮存，保管
5、表示状态、情况、身份及其他
shorage 短缺
parentage 出身，门第
pupilage 学生身份
advantage 利益
alienage 外国人身份
verbiage 冗词，赘语
visage 面貌
dotage 老年昏惯
reportage 报告文学
language 语言
6、表示物
roofage 盖屋顶的材料
roughage 粗粮，粗饲料
package 包裹
blindage 盲獐，掩体
bandage 绷带
wrappae 包装材料
carriage 马车，客车厢
droppage 落下物
altarage 祭坛的祭品
appendage 附属物
词根词缀：-age
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; quality of, act of, process, function, condition, or place; forms nouns that denote an action; a product of an action; a place, an abode
【同源单词】acreage, amperage, anecdotage, appendage, arbitrage, assuage