sage
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Etymology 1
From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).
The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.
Adjective
sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)
- wise.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , OCLC 946735472:
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
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- (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
- 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], OCLC 606951673:
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
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Synonyms
- (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
- (grave): See Thesaurus:serious
Translations
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Noun
sage (plural sages)
- A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press (1973), 34:
- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage.
Synonyms
- (wise person): See Thesaurus:sage
Derived terms
- sagely
- sageness
- sage on the stage
- Seven Sages
Related terms
- sagacious
- sagacity
Translations
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See also
- rishi
- maharishi
Etymology 2
From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.
Noun
sage (usually uncountable, plural sages)
- The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
- Any plant in the genus Salvia
- Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
Derived terms
- annual sage (Salvia carduaceae; Salvia hispanica)
- autumn sage (Salvia greggii)
- ball sage (Salvia mellifera
- bee sage (Hyptis emoryi, Salvia apiana)
- Bengal sage (Meriandra bengalensis)
- Bethlehem sage (Pulmonaria saccharata)
- blue sage (Eranthemum pulchellum, Salvia spp.)
- broom sage (species of Chrysothamnus, Ericameria, Lorandersonia)
- bud sage (Artemisia spinescens)
- bur sage (Franseria spp., esp. Franseria dumosa)
- button sage (Salvia mellifera)
- California sage (Artemisia californica)
- chaparral sage (Saliva leucophylla)
- cherry sage (Salvia greggii)
- clary sage (Salvia sclarea)
- common sage (Salvia officinalis)
- crimson sage (Ramona grandiflora)
- desert sage (Salvia eremostachya)
- diviner's sage (Salvia divinorum)
- flat sage
- French sage (Phlomis spp.)
- garden sage (Salvia officinalis)
- germander sage (Teuchrium scordium)
- hummingbird sage (Ramona grandiflora)
- Indian sage (Eupatorium)
- Jerusalem sage (Phlomis spp.)
- lambsleaf sage (Salvia reflexa)
- lanceleaf sage (Salvia reflexa)
- lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata)
- meadow sage (Salvia pratensis)
- mealy sage (Salvia farinacea)
- mountain sage
- pineapple sage (Salvia elegans)
- pitcher sage (Lepechinia spp., Salvia spatheca)
- prairie sage (Artemisia gnaphalodes)
- purple sage (Salvia leucophylla; Artemisia tridentata)
- red sage (Lantana camara; Kochia spp.)
- Rocky Mountain sage (Salvia reflexa)
- rose sage (Salvia eremostachya)
- Russian sage (Salvia yangii, syn. Perovskia atriplicifolia)
- sagebrush (Artemisia spp., esp. Artemisia tridentata)
- Sage Derby
- sage dog
- sage green
- sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
- sage mint (Salvia reflexa)
- sage tea
- sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
- sand sage (Salvia eremostachya)
- scarlet sage (Salvia splendens, Salvia coccinea; Artemisia cana)
- silver sage/silvery sage (Salvia leucophylla; Artemisia tridentata)
- Spanish sage (Salvia lavansdulaefolia)
- Texas sage
- thistle sage (Salvia carduaceae)
- tropical sage
- vervain sage (Salvia verbenaca)
- wand sage (Salvia vaseyi, Salvia virgata)
- western sage (Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana)
- white-leaved sage (Salvia leucophylla)
- white sage (Salvia apiana)
- wild sage
- wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia)
- wormwood sage (Artemisia frigida)
- yellow sage (Lantana camara)
Translations
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See also
- salvia
Further reading
- Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Japanese sage, from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.
Pronunciation
- Etymologically /sɑɡɛ/, but often /seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.
Interjection
sage
- (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.
- sage in all fields
Related terms
- age
Verb
sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)
- (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.
- Reminder to sage and report.
Derived terms
- polite sage
Usage notes
- This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value.
Anagrams
- Sega, ages, geas, sega
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- san, son (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaːɣə/
Verb
sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)
- (Ripuarian) to say; to tell
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
Pronunciation
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Noun
sage f (plural sagen)
- story of heraldry and valor, a saga.
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.
Adjective
sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat, comparative sagedam, superlative kõige sagedam)
- frequent
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sage | sagedad |
accusative | sageda | sagedad |
genitive | sageda | sagedate |
partitive | sagedat | sagedaid |
illative | sagedasse | sagedatesse sagedaisse |
inessive | sagedas | sagedates sagedais |
elative | sagedast | sagedatest sagedaist |
allative | sagedale | sagedatele sagedaile |
adessive | sagedal | sagedatel sagedail |
ablative | sagedalt | sagedatelt sagedailt |
translative | sagedaks | sagedateks sagedaiks |
terminative | sagedani | sagedateni |
essive | sagedana | sagedatena |
abessive | sagedata | sagedateta |
comitative | sagedaga | sagedatega |
French
Etymology
From Middle French sage, from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saʒ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʒ
Adjective
sage (plural sages)
- (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
- (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
- (of a child) good, well-behaved, not naughty
Derived terms
- faire que sage
- sage comme une image
- sage-femme
Noun
sage m or f by sense (plural sages)
- a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
- a sage (person)
Further reading
- “sage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ages, âges, âgés
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaːɡə/
Audio (file)
Verb
sage
- inflection of sagen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sá.ɡèː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sə́.ɟèː]
Verb
sagḕ (grade 4)
- to become stiff or paralyzed
Latin
Adjective
sāge
- vocative masculine singular of sāgus
Noun
sage m
- singular vocative of sagus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.
Alternative forms
- sauge, sawge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaːdʒ(ə)/
Noun
sage (plural sages)
- A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
Descendants
- English: sage
- Scots: sage
References
- “sāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Adjective
sage
- Sage, considered, well thought-out.
- Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.
Descendants
- English: sage
- Scots: sage
References
- “sāǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French sauge.
Noun
sage
- Alternative form of sauge
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapiō, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).
Adjective
sage m or f
- (Jersey) wise
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)
- to saw (cut something with a saw)
Related terms
- sag (noun)
References
- “sage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.
Adjective
sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)
- wise (having wisdom)
Descendants
- Middle French: sage
- French: sage
- → Italian: saggio
- → Middle English: sage
- English: sage
Sathmar Swabian
Etymology
From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.
Verb
sage
- to say
References
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)