Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plage

/pleɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: plage
IPA: /pleɪd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.

Obsolete

noun

A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.

Example Sentences

"King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage."
"Tam[burlaine]. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Feſſe, You that haue martcht with happie Tamburlain, As far as from the frozen place ^([sic – meaning plage]) of heauen, Unto the watrie mornings ruddy hower ^([sic – meaning bower])."
"In the Heauens, they supposed a burning Zone; in the Earth, a Plage [translating Latin plaga], plagued with scorching heats."

Etymology

From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: plage, plagia, plaga

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

plages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

plague

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce plage?: The recorded pronunciation is /pleɪd͡ʒ/.
What does plage mean?: A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
Where does plage come from?: It is traced to French.

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