loge
English
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Etymology
From French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) from Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Akin to Old High German loub (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of lobby, loggia, and lodge. More at lobby, loggia, leaf, lodge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləʊʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊʒ
Noun
loge (plural loges)
- A booth or stall.
- The lodge of a concierge.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 70:
- About three in the morning, Nora knocked at the little glass door of the concierge's loge, asking if the doctor was in.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 70:
- An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine.
- 2006, George Gmelch and J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People, →ISBN, page 151:
- In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.
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- An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 43, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:
- Pickle gladly embraced this opportunity of becoming acquainted with a person of such rank, and ordering his own chariot to follow, accompanied the count to his loge, where he conversed with him during the whole entertainment.
- 2002, Downing A. Thomas, Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785, →ISBN, page 274:
- Patte notes that the spectators who were seated there were too close to the action to frame it as real, and that the loges in the avant-scène hampered the effect of the voice.
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Translations
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Anagrams
- Goel, LEGO, Lego, Ogle, goel, lego, ogle
Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French loge. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.ʒə/, /ˈlɔː.ʒə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lo‧ge
Noun
loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)
- (theater) theatre box, compartment. [from 18th c.]
- (Freemasonry) Masonic lodge. [from 18th c.]
- reception area, lobby (of a hotel for instance). [from late 19th or 20th c.]
Synonyms
- (Masonic lodge): tempel, werkplaats
- (reception area): receptie
Hyponyms
- (theater box): engelenbak, skybox
Derived terms
- ereloge
Descendants
- → Arawak: logie
- → Malay: loji
- Indonesian: loji
- → Indonesian: losê
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.ɣə/
- Hyphenation: lo‧ge
Verb
loge
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of liegen
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.ɣə/
- Hyphenation: lo‧ge
Verb
loge
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of logen
French
Etymology
Old French, from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”). The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔʒ/
Noun
loge f (plural loges)
- (Freemasonry) lodge
- (theater) box, loge
- (theater, television) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)
- (obsolete) hut
Derived terms
- être aux premières loges
Related terms
- logement
Descendants
- → Dutch: loge
- → Norwegian Bokmål: losje
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: losje
- → Portuguese: loja
- → Swedish: loge
Verb
loge
- inflection of loger:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “loge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Old French, from Frankish *laubijā.
Noun
loge f (plural loges)
- hut (small often wooden building)
Verb
loge
- inflection of loger, logier:
- first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Descendants
- French: loge
- → Dutch: loge
- → Norwegian Bokmål: losje
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: losje
- → Portuguese: loja
- → Swedish: loge
References
- loge on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- lue (noun and verb, more common)
Etymology
- (noun): From Old Norse logi.
- (verb): From Old Norse loga.
Noun
loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)
- flame
Verb
loge (present tense loger, past tense loga or loget, past participle loga or loget)
- burn forcefully
- shine, light
References
- “loge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse logi. Shares a far back origin with lys (“light”). Thus it ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, shine”).
Alternative forms
- loga (east)
- lågå (trø, øst)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²loː.ʝə/, [²lɞ̞ː.ʝə], /²loː.ɡə/
Noun
loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural logar, definite plural logane)
- a flame
- a torch
Synonyms
- (flame): eld, flamme
- (torch): fakkel
Verb
loge (present tense logar, past tense loga, past participle loga, passive infinitive logast, present participle logande, imperative loge/log)
- e-infinitive form of loga
See also
- i ljos loge
- lue (Bokmål, noun and verb)
Etymology 2
Related to lag and liggje.
Alternative forms
- lògu, lugu (superseded and/or dialectal)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²loː.ɡə/
- Homophone: låge
Noun
loge f (definite singular loga, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)
- (weaving) a warp (thread running lengthwise in woven fabric
- Synonym: renningstråd
- (in compounds) something that lies down
Derived terms
- forloge
- iloge
- nedloge
- åloge
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²luː.ʃə/
Noun
loge m (definite singular logen)
- Nonstandard spelling of losje.
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- loget (non-standard since 1901)
- logi (non-standard since 2012)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²loː.ʝə/, [²lɞ̞ː.ʝə], /²loː.ɡə/
- Homophone: låge
Participle
loge
- neuter singular of logen
Verb
loge
- supine of ljuga
References
- “loge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- lego
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *laubijā.
Noun
loge f (oblique plural loges, nominative singular loge, nominative plural loges)
- hut (small often wooden building)
Verb
loge
- inflection of loger, logier:
- first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Descendants
- → Middle Dutch: loige
- Dutch: loods
- → Middle English: logge, loge, luge, lodge, loigge
- English: lodge
- → Dutch: lodge
- Scots: ludge
- English: lodge
- Middle French: loge (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Old French: loger, logger, loggier, logier (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Italian: loggia
- Italian: loggia (see there for further descendants)
Slovene
Noun
loge
- accusative plural of log
Swedish
Etymology 1
From French loge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloːɧ/
Noun
loge c
- A backstage dressing room for actors at a theatre.
- A private seating chamber at a theatre.
- A section or local chapter of an order (for instance freemasons).
Declension
Declension of loge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | loge | logen | loger | logerna |
Genitive | loges | logens | logers | logernas |
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish loe, from Old Norse lófi (“threshing floor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²luːɡɛ/
Noun
loge c
- A barn with a strong and flat wooden floor, suitable for threshing or dancing.
Declension
Declension of loge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | loge | logen | logar | logarna |
Genitive | loges | logens | logars | logarnas |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
loge
- subjunctive of le.
Anagrams
- geol., lego
Volapük
Noun
loge
- dative singular of log