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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sauge, from Latin salvia.
Pronunciation
Noun
sauge f (plural sauges)
- sage (Salvia officinalis)
- Synonym: sauge officinale
- Hypernym: sauge
- Hyponyms: sauge à larges feuilles, sauge à petites feuilles
- sage (any plant in the genus Salvia)
- Hypernym: labiée
- Hyponyms: chia, sauge argentée, sauge blanche, sauge candélabre, sauge d’Éthiopie, sauge des prés, sauge écarlate, sauge glutineuse, sauge hormin, sauge officinale, sauge verticillée, sauge verveine, sclarée
- (Réunion) Synonym of sauge écarlate (“blood sage”) (Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.)[1]
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
sauge
- inflection of saugen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsau̯d͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈsaːd͡ʒ(ə)/
Noun
sauge (uncountable)
- sage (Salvia officinalis or its product)
- Any plant of the genus Salvia.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French sage.
Noun
sauge
- Alternative form of sage
Adjective
sauge
- Alternative form of sage
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sauge, from Latin salvia.
Noun
sauge f (uncountable)
- (Jersey) sage (plant)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin salvia.
Noun
sauge oblique singular, f (oblique plural sauges, nominative singular sauge, nominative plural sauges)
- sage (herb)
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