bagage

Etymology

From French bagage (“baggage, luggage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡaːsjə/, [b̥aˈɡ̊æːɕə]

Noun

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

1. baggage; luggage

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaːˈɣaː.ʒə/

• bagage

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

bagage f (uncountable)

1. baggage; luggage

   Synonyms: bepakking, pakkage

2. (figuratively) load, a person's relevant (especially hindering) background

Etymology

Either from Late Latin *baga (“a vessel type”), or from Old French bague (“pack, bundle”), ultimately from the Scandinavian source (Old Norse baggi) that yielded English bag. A Bavarian word (Bagasch (f) = pejorative for "a group of people) is derived.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaʒ/

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Noun

bagage m (plural bagages)

1. baggage; luggage

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French bagage, compare Old French bague.

Noun

bagage (plural bagages)

1. baggage; luggage

Alternative forms

• bagaige
• baguage
• baguaige

Etymology

Old French bagage.

Noun

bagage m (plural bagages)

1. baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one)
   • 1552, Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre des Faits et Dicts Héroïques du bon Pantagruel

     De butiner et robber le baguaige

     To plunder and rob the baggages

References

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bagage, supplement)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bagage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡɑːɧ/

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Noun

bagage n

1. baggage; luggage