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stage

/sˈteɪdʒ/STAYJ
/sˈteɪdʒ/STAYJ

Meaninga storey, a floor

Common meaning: a platform

Other meanings: a step on the way

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STA‘stand, whence various extended forms’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 418, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Frenchestagesource
  3. Middle Englishstagesource
  4. Englishstage‘a platform’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French estage ‘a storey, a floor’.

Roots

  • estage Old French “a storey, a floor”

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