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-age

Pronunciation: /ɪdʒ, ɑːʒ/

Definition of -age

suffix

  • forming nouns:
  • 1denoting an action:leverage voyage
  • the product of an action:spillage wreckage
  • a function; a sphere of action:homage peerage
  • 2denoting an aggregate or number of:mileage percentage
  • fees payable for; the cost of using:postage tonnage
  • informal denoting a large number of something (typically forming nouns whose plurals are correctly formed with -s):decibelage kissage
  • 3denoting a place or abode:vicarage village

Origin:

from Old French, based on Latin -aticum, neuter form of the adjectival ending -aticus

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