Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

luggage

/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: lug-gage
IPA: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

Uncountable

noun

The contents of such containers.

Uncountable

noun

A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

Countable; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey."
"I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump."
"The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan."
"Namely, leaving my luggages at the Government hostel, to go straight out by taxi (oh, so slow, compared with our sleek Lagos limousines!) to the famous central Piccadilly Tube station where I took a onestop ticket, went down on the escalator, and then ran up the same steps in the wrong direction."

Etymology

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare baggage.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lug

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/
British English: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

luggages (plural)

Derived Forms

luggaged luggageless

Phrases

cabin luggage carry-on luggage checked luggage hand luggage hold luggage left luggage left-luggage office luggage barrow

Synonyms

baggage

Rhymes With

bridge sandwich ridge fridge homage arbitrage midge smidge frig pidge abridge lidge

Questions

How do you pronounce luggage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/.
What does luggage mean?: The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
Where does luggage come from?: 1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare baggage.

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