loge

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See also: Loge, logé, löge, and -loge

English

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Loges in an opera house.

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊʒ

Noun

loge (plural loges)

  1. A booth or stall.
  2. The lodge of a concierge.
    • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 70:
      About three in the morning, Nora knocked at the little glass door of the concierge's loge, asking if the doctor was in.
  3. 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, 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.
  4. 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, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC:
      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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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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ge

Noun

loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)

  1. (theater) theatre box, compartment.
  2. (Freemasonry) Masonic lodge.
  3. reception area, lobby (of a hotel for instance).
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦗꦶ (loji)
  • Lokono: logie
  • Malay: loji
  • Indonesian: losê

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloː.ɣə/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ge

Verb

loge

  1. (dated or formal) 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

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of logen

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *laubijā (arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage). The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.

Pronunciation

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

  1. (Freemasonry) lodge
  2. (theater) box, loge
  3. (theater, television) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)
  4. (obsolete) hut

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

loge

  1. inflection of loger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubijā.

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

  1. hut (small often wooden building)

Verb

loge

  1. inflection of loger, logier:
    1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

References

  • loge on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • lue (noun and verb, more common)

Etymology

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)

  1. flame

Verb

loge (present tense loger, past tense loga or loget, past participle loga or loget)

  1. burn forcefully
  2. shine, light

References

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²loː.ʝə/, , /²loː.ɡə/

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural logar, definite plural logane)

  1. a flame
  2. a torch
Synonyms

Verb

loge (present tense logar, past tense loga, past participle loga, passive infinitive logast, present participle logande, imperative loge/log)

  1. e-infinitive form of loga

See also

Etymology 2

Related to lag and liggje.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

loge f (definite singular loga, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)

  1. (weaving) a warp (thread running lengthwise in woven fabric
    Synonym: renningstråd
  2. (in compounds) something that lies down
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of losje.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Participle

loge

  1. neuter singular of logen

Verb

loge

  1. supine of ljuga

References

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *laubijā.

Noun

loge oblique singularf (oblique plural loges, nominative singular loge, nominative plural loges)

  1. hut (small often wooden building)

Verb

loge

  1. inflection of loger, logier:
    1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

Slovene

Noun

loge

  1. accusative plural of log

Swedish

Etymology 1

From French loge.

Pronunciation

Noun

loge c

  1. A backstage dressing room for actors at a theatre.
  2. A private seating chamber at a theatre.
  3. A section or local chapter of an order (for instance freemasons).
Declension
Declension of loge 
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

Noun

loge c

  1. A barn with a strong and flat wooden floor, suitable for threshing or dancing.
Declension
Declension of loge 
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

  1. (dated) subjunctive of le

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

loge

  1. dative singular of log