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

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, Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volume (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/
  • Audio:(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)
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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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Middle French loge, from Old French loge. The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.

    Noun

    loge f (plural loges)

    1. (dated) small cabin, hut
    2. lodge (of a concierge/caretaker)
    3. (theater) box, loge
    4. (theater, television) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)
    5. (Freemasonry) lodge
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    loge

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

    Further reading

    Middle French

    Etymology 1

      From Old French loge.

      Noun

      loge f (plural loges)

      1. hut (small often wooden building)
      2. boutique
      3. (theater) loge (upscale seating region)
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      loge

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

      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

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      Old English

      Noun

      lōge

      1. dative singular of lōg

      Old French

      Etymology 1

      From Medieval Latin lobium, lobia, laubia (a portico, covered way, gallery), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (arbour, shelter). The first sense could be directly borrowed from Frankish.

      Noun

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

      1. hut (small often wooden building)
      2. boutique
      3. upstairs room
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      loge

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

      References

      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
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite loge loges
      definite logen logens
      plural indefinite loger logers
      definite logerna 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
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      loge

      1. (dated) subjunctive of le

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      Volapük

      Noun

      loge

      1. dative singular of log