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See also:Sage,saĝe,säge,andSäge

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsage, fromOld Frenchsage (11th century), fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromLatinsapere(“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).

The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to theSeven Sages of Greece.

Adjective

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sage (comparativesager,superlativesagest)

  2. Wise.
  4. (obsolete)Grave;serious;solemn.
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wise

Noun

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sage (pluralsages)

  2. Averywiseperson orspiritualteacher; someone ofgravity andwisdom, especially, a teachervenerable for years, and ofsoundjudgment andprudence; agrave orstoicphilosopher.
    • 1748, [David Hume], “Essay V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts.”, inPhilosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […],→OCLC, part I,page69:
      ’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophicSage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that ofEpictetus and otherStoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon ourſelves out of all Virtue, as well as ſocial Enjoyment.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page91:
      Allsages and physicians agree in saying that the ills which afflict man originate with the abuse of coition.
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Translations
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very wise person or philosopher

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Etymology 2

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Sage(etymology 2 sense 1) leaves

FromMiddle Englishsauge, fromMiddle Frenchsauge, fromOld Frenchsalje, fromLatinsalvia, fromsalvus(“healthy”), seesafe.Doublet ofsalvia.

Noun

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sage (usuallyuncountable,pluralsages)

  2. The plantSalvia officinalis andsavoryspice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
  3. Any plant in thegenusSalvia.
    Synonym:salvia
  4. Any of a number of plants such assagebrush considered to be similar toSalvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have grayfoliage or arearomatic.
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Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis used in cooking
plant of the genusSalvia

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed fromJapanesesage(sage), from下げる(sageru,“to lower”). From2channel.

Pronunciation

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  • Etymologically/sɑɡeɪ/, but often/seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.

Interjection

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sage

  1. (4chanslang, Internetslang)Word used in the email field ofimageboards to prevent abump of thepost. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.
    sage in all fields
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Verb

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sage (third-person singular simple presentsages,present participlesaging,simple past and past participlesaged)

  1. (4chanslang, Internetslang) The act of using the word or optionsage in the email field or a checkbox of animageboard when posting a reply.
    Reminder tosage and report.
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Usage notes

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  • This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose ofsage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (oftenOP's) own post to be of little value, but has evolved into a show of disrespect.

Anagrams

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germansagen, fromOld High Germansagēn.

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Verb

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sage (third-person singular present tensesät,past tensesatorsät,past participlejesatorjesät)

  1. (Ripuarian) tosay; totell

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchsaghe, fromOld Dutch*saga, fromProto-West Germanic*sagā, fromProto-Germanic*sagǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-.

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Noun

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sage f (pluralsagen,nodiminutive)

  1. story ofheraldry andvalor, asaga

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Estonian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*sakëda.

Adjective

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sage (genitivesageda,partitivesagedat,comparativesagedam,superlativekõige sagedam)

  1. frequent

Declension

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Declension ofsage (ÕS type2/õpik, no gradation)
singularplural
nominativesagesagedad
accusativenom.
gen.sageda
genitivesagedate
partitivesagedatsagedaid
illativesagedassesagedatesse
sagedaisse
inessivesagedassagedates
sagedais
elativesagedastsagedatest
sagedaist
allativesagedalesagedatele
sagedaile
adessivesagedalsagedatel
sagedail
ablativesagedaltsagedatelt
sagedailt
translativesagedakssagedateks
sagedaiks
terminativesagedanisagedateni
essivesagedanasagedatena
abessivesagedatasagedateta
comitativesagedagasagedatega

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchsage, fromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium from the ClassicalLatin verbsapiō.

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Adjective

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sage (pluralsages)

  1. (of a person)wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest,irreproachable in conduct
  3. (of a child)good,well-behaved, notnaughty
    Alors, tu vas êtresage pour maman dans le magasin ?
    Now, are you going to begood for mommy in the store?

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Noun

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sage m orfby sense (pluralsages)

  1. a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. asage (person)

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Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sage

  1. inflection ofsagen:
    1. first-personsingularpresent
    2. first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
    3. singularimperative

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sá.ɡèː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA(key): [sə́.ɟèː]

Verb

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sagḕ (grade 4)

  1. to becomestiff orparalyzed

Latin

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Adjective

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sāge

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofsāgus

Noun

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sage m

  1. singularvocative ofsagus

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromsapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in-a- and-au-.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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sage (pluralsages)

  1. Asage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
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Adjective

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sage

  1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
  2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sage

  1. alternative form ofsauge

Norman

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromLatinsapiō, sapere(“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), fromProto-Indo-European*sap-(“to taste”).

Adjective

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sage m orf

  1. (Jersey)wise
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, inGuernsey Folk Lore‎[1], pages541-42:
      Si un houme n'a pas le sens de pâlaïr il est biensâge s'il a le sens de se taire.
      A man who has not the sense to speak is still awise man if he has the sense to hold his tongue.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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sage (imperativesag,present tensesager,simple pastsagaorsagetorsagde,past participlesagaorsagetorsagd,present participlesagende)

  1. tosaw (cut something with a saw)

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡe/,[ˈsɑ.ɣe]

Noun

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sage

  1. inflection ofsagu:
    1. nominativeplural
    2. accusativesingular/plural
    3. genitive/dativesingular

Old French

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Etymology

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FromVulgar Latin*sapium(“wise”), semantically specialized alteration ofLatinsapidus(“delicious, wise”).Doublet ofsade(“delicious”), from the Latin form.

Adjective

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sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singularsage)

  1. wise(having wisdom)

Descendants

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References

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Sathmar Swabian

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germansagēn, fromProto-Germanic*sagjaną.

Verb

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sage

  1. tosay

References

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  • Claus Stephani,Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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