-age

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪdʒ/, /ədʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
• IPA: /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)

Suffix

1. forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.

   word + -age → wordage

   Synonyms: -ery, -ing

2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result

   block + -age → blockage

   marry + -age → marriage

   slip + -age → slippage

   shrink + -age → shrinkage

3. forming nouns of a state or relationship

   bond + -age → bondage

4. forming nouns indicating a place

   orphan + -age → orphanage

   hermit + -age → hermitage

5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee

   post + -age → postage

   broker + -age → brokerage

   cork + -age → corkage

6. forming nouns indicating a rate

   percent + -age → percentage

   mile + -age → mileage

7. forming nouns of a unit of measure.

   volt + -age → voltage

   foot + -age → footage

   tonne + -age → tonnage

   hour + -age → hourage

Translations

• French: -age
• Portuguese: -agem

Translations

• Portuguese: -agem, -ção, -mento

Translations

• Portuguese: -agem, -ção

Translations

• Portuguese: -ato

Translations

• Portuguese: -ágio

Translations

• Portuguese: -agem

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