adage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adage, from Latin adagium

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɪdʒ/

Noun

adage (plural adages)

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim
- Shakespeare, Macbeth
  Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage.

Synonyms

proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm
See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

old saying

Bulgarian: пословица (bg) (poslovica), поговорка (bg) (pogovorka)
Dutch: gezegde (nl)
Finnish: sanonta (fi)
Georgian: გამონათქვამი (gamonatkvami)
German: Sprichwort (de) n
Greek: παροιμία (el) f (paroimía), γνωμικό (el) n (gnomikó)
Italian: modo di dire (it) m
Norwegian: visdomsord n

Persian: پند‎‎ (fa) (pand)
Portuguese: adágio (pt) m, dito (pt) m, anexim (pt) m
Russian: посло́вица (ru) f (poslóvica), погово́рка (ru) f (pogovórka)
Serbo-Croatian: poslovica (sh), izreka (sh)
Spanish: adagio (es) m, refrán (es) m, dicho (es) m
Swedish: talesätt (sv) n, ordspråk (sv) n
Tagalog: sabihin (tl)

Anagrams

Gadea

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.daʒ/

Noun

adage m (plural adages)

adage

Further reading

“adage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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