bagage

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bagage (baggage, luggage).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baɡaːsjə/, [b̥aˈɡ̊æːɕə]

Noun[edit]

bagage c (singular definite bagagen, not used in plural form)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French bagage. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈɣaː.ʒə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun[edit]

bagage f (uncountable)

  1. baggage; luggage
    Synonyms: bepakking, pakkage
  2. (figuratively) load, a person's relevant (especially hindering) background

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: bagasie
  • Dutch Low Saxon: begazie, pakkazie
  • Malay: bagasi
  • Sranan Tongo: bagasi
    • Caribbean Javanese: bagasi

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from Late Latin *baga (a vessel type), or from Old French bague (pack, bundle); ultimately from the North Germanic/Scandinavian source (Old Norse baggi) that yielded English bag.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bagage m (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Further reading[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bagage (baggage). Compare Guianese Creole bagaj.

Noun[edit]

bagage

  1. (Saint-Domingue) an object, thing
    Vou va faire yo meté tout bagage-là dan passager.You'll make them put all those things on the passenger.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Old French bagage, compare Old French bague. Equivalent to bagge +‎ -age.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bagage (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Descendants[edit]

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References[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old French bagage.

Noun[edit]

bagage m (plural bagages)

  1. baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Often used uncountably where English would use the plural baggages. See citation above.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • bagage on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bague +‎ -age, ultimately from Old Norse baggi.

Noun[edit]

bagage oblique singularm (oblique plural bagages, nominative singular bagages, nominative plural bagage)

  1. baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bagage, supplement)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French bagage.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bagage n

  1. baggage; luggage

Declension[edit]

Declension of bagage 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bagage bagaget bagage bagagen
Genitive bagages bagagets bagages bagagens

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