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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, both from Latin -āticum. Doublet of -azgo. Cognate with French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Romanian -aj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaxe/
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: -a‧je
Suffix
-aje m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajes)
- forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc.
- aprendiz (“apprentice”) + -aje → aprendizaje (“apprenticeship”)
- voltio (“volt”) + -aje → voltaje (“voltage”)
- forms masculine nouns with the sense of collection; -age
- pluma + -aje → plumaje (“plumage”)
- forms nouns
- lengua + -aje → lenguaje
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