Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mage

/meɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: mage
IPA: /meɪd͡ʒ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

noun

Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa."

Etymology

From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /⁠maguš⁠/). Doublet of magus.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *megʰ-, mages, magus, Μάγος, 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

magi (plural) mages (plural)

Derived Forms

archimage archmage astrologamage battlemage bloodmage mageocracy magery mageship magewoman magocracy swordmage technomage

Phrases

black mage blood mage

Synonyms

magus magic user spellcaster enchanter conjurer thaumaturge theurgist spiritualist mystic shaman witch doctor

Homonyms

mg

Rhymes With

age page stage wage engage minimum wage cage mg rage gauge sage backstage

Questions

How do you pronounce mage?: The recorded pronunciation is /meɪd͡ʒ/.
What does mage mean?: A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
Where does mage come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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