âge

See also: age, Age, Agë, Åge, -age, and âgé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French âge, from Old French aage, eage, edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem.

The transition from aé to aage was done by the addition of the suffix -age, apparently because the first form was too short; aé + -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʒ/, /ɑʒ/
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Rhymes: -ɑʒ
Homophones: âges (general), age, ages (some speakers)

Noun

âge m (plural âges)

age

Derived terms

Related terms

âgé

Further reading

“âge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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