loge
/loʊʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "About three in the morning, Nora knocked at the little glass door of the concierge's loge, asking if the doctor was in."
- "In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level."
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: loge, *laubijā
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /loʊʒ/
- British English: /ləʊʒ/