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English
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
Noun
loge (plural loges )
A booth or stall .
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.
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.
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.
Translations
upscale seating region in theatres or similar
Anagrams
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/
Hyphenation: lo‧ge
Noun
loge f (plural loges , diminutive logetje n )
( theater ) theatre box , compartment .
( Freemasonry ) Masonic lodge .
reception area , lobby (of a hotel for instance).
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈloː.ɣə/
Hyphenation: lo‧ge
Verb
loge
( 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
( 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 )
( Freemasonry ) lodge
( theater ) box , loge
( theater , television ) dressing room ( a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup )
( obsolete ) hut
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Verb
loge
inflection of loger :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Middle French
Etymology
Old French , from Frankish *laubijā .
Noun
loge f (plural loges )
hut (small often wooden building)
Verb
loge
inflection of loger, logier :
first-person singular / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
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 )
flame
Verb
loge (present tense loger , past tense loga or loget , past participle loga or loget )
burn forcefully
shine , light
References
“loge” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
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 )
a flame
a torch
Synonyms
Verb
loge (present tense logar , past tense loga , past participle loga , passive infinitive logast , present participle logande , imperative loge /log )
e-infinitive form of loga
See also
Etymology 2
Related to lag and liggje .
Alternative forms
lògu , lugu ( superseded and/or dialectal )
Pronunciation
Noun
loge f (definite singular loga , indefinite plural loger , definite plural logene )
( weaving ) a warp (thread running lengthwise in woven fabric
Synonym: renningstråd
( 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 )
Nonstandard spelling of losje .
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Participle
loge
neuter singular of logen
Verb
loge
supine of ljuga
References
“loge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *laubijā .
Noun
loge oblique singular , f (oblique plural loges , nominative singular loge , nominative plural loges )
hut (small often wooden building)
Verb
loge
inflection of loger, logier :
first-person singular / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Descendants
Slovene
Noun
loge
accusative plural of log
Swedish
Etymology 1
From French loge .
Pronunciation
Noun
loge c
A backstage dressing room for actors at a theatre.
A private seating chamber at a theatre.
A section or local chapter of an order (for instance freemasons).
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish loe , from Old Norse lófi ( “ threshing floor ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
loge c
A barn with a strong and flat wooden floor, suitable for threshing or dancing.
Declension
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
loge
( dated ) subjunctive of le
Anagrams
Volapük
Noun
loge
dative singular of log