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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ [Canada, General-Australian, UK], /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ [US], [ˈɛəd.ɪd͡ʒ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adage.wav Forms: adages [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁eǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|adage}} Middle French adage, {{der|en|la|adā̆gium|}} Latin adā̆gium Head templates: {{en-noun}} adage (plural adages)
  1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use. Synonyms: proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm, saying
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  2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim. Synonyms: old saw
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adagial Translations (old saying): wysheid (Afrikaans), пословица (poslovica) (Bulgarian), поговорка (pogovorka) (Bulgarian), 俗语 (súyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), přísloví [neuter] (Czech), rčení [neuter] (Czech), pořekadlo [neuter] (Czech), gezegde (Dutch), zegswijze [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), spreekwoord [neuter] (Dutch), sanonta (Finnish), გამონათქვამი (gamonatkvami) (Georgian), Sprichwort [neuter] (German), geflügeltes Wort [neuter] (German), παροιμία (paroimía) [feminine] (Greek), γνωμικό (gnomikó) [neuter] (Greek), szállóige (Hungarian), velős mondás (Hungarian), bölcs mondás (Hungarian), közmondás (Hungarian), modo di dire [masculine] (Italian), adagium [neuter] (Latin), пословица (poslovica) [feminine] (Macedonian), visdomsord [neuter] (Norwegian), پند (pand) (Persian), maksyma [feminine] (Polish), przysłowie [neuter] (Polish), porzekadło [neuter] (Polish), adágio [masculine] (Portuguese), dito [masculine] (Portuguese), anexim [masculine] (Portuguese), zicală [feminine] (Romanian), посло́вица (poslóvica) [feminine] (Russian), poslovica (Serbo-Croatian), izreka (Serbo-Croatian), adagio [masculine] (Spanish), refrán [masculine] (Spanish), dicho [masculine] (Spanish), talesätt [neuter] (Swedish), ordspråk [neuter] (Swedish), sabihin (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'old saying': 52 48

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.daʒ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-adage.wav Forms: adages [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin adagium. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|adagium}} Learned borrowing from Latin adagium Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} adage m (plural adages)
  1. adage Tags: masculine
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