"fromage" meaning in Old French

See fromage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /foɾˈmad͡ʒə/ [archaic], /fɾoˈmad͡ʒə/ [archaic], /fuɾˈmad͡ʒə/ (note: classical), /fɾuˈmad͡ʒə/ (note: classical) Forms: fromage oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], fromages [oblique, plural], fromages [nominative, singular], fromage [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum (attested from circa 800). By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la-eme|fōrmāticum}} Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, {{surf|fro|former|-age|t1=to shape}} By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} fromage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)
  1. cheese Synonyms: frumage, formage, fourmage

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ang",
            "2": "formaige"
          },
          "expansion": "Angevin: formaige",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Angevin: formaige"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "formaige",
            "3": "frômaige"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: formaige, frômaige",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: formaige, frômaige"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-cha",
            "2": "fronmège"
          },
          "expansion": "Champenois: fronmège",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Champenois: fronmège"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-fcm",
            "2": "fromaidge"
          },
          "expansion": "Franc-Comtois: fromaidge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franc-Comtois: fromaidge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-gal",
            "2": "fórmaij"
          },
          "expansion": "Gallo: fórmaij",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallo: fórmaij"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-lor",
            "2": "freumêge",
            "3": "fromêge"
          },
          "expansion": "Lorrain: freumêge, fromêge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lorrain: freumêge, fromêge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "formage"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: formage, fromage, froumaige\nFrench: fromage, formage (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: formage, fromage, froumaige\nFrench: fromage, formage (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "fronmage"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: fronmage",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Guernsey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Guernsey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: fronmage (Jersey), fromage (Guernsey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-poi",
            "2": "frmajhe",
            "3": "froumajhe"
          },
          "expansion": "Poitevin-Saintongeais: frmajhe, froumajhe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Poitevin-Saintongeais: frmajhe, froumajhe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "froumadje"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: froumadje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: froumadje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "formaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: formaggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: formaggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "formagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: formagg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: formagg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "formagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: formagg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: formagg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "furmagliu"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: furmagliu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: furmagliu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "formaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: formaggio\n→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)\n→ Somali: farmaajo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: formaggio\n→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)\n→ Somali: farmaajo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "furmaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: furmaggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: furmaggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-tar",
            "2": "frummàgge"
          },
          "expansion": "Tarantino: frummàgge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tarantino: frummàgge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "furmaggiu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: furmaggiu, frummaggiu, frumaggiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: furmaggiu, frummaggiu, frumaggiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "formache"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: formache",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: formache"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "formayu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: formayu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: formayu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "formaxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: formaxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: formaxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "formaje"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: formaje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: formaje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Others:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ML.",
            "2": "fōrmāgium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Medieval Latin: fōrmāgium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Medieval Latin: fōrmāgium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "formizzi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: formizzi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: formizzi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la-eme",
        "3": "fōrmāticum"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "former",
        "3": "-age",
        "t1": "to shape"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum (attested from circa 800). By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fromage oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromages",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromages",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromage",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fromage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French terms suffixed with -age",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French words derived through metathesis",
          "parents": [
            "Words derived through metathesis",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheese"
      ],
      "id": "en-fromage-fro-noun-hzrJ~-pN",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frumage"
        },
        {
          "word": "formage"
        },
        {
          "word": "fourmage"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/foɾˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɾoˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuɾˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "note": "classical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɾuˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "note": "classical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fromage"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ang",
            "2": "formaige"
          },
          "expansion": "Angevin: formaige",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Angevin: formaige"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "formaige",
            "3": "frômaige"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: formaige, frômaige",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: formaige, frômaige"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-cha",
            "2": "fronmège"
          },
          "expansion": "Champenois: fronmège",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Champenois: fronmège"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-fcm",
            "2": "fromaidge"
          },
          "expansion": "Franc-Comtois: fromaidge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franc-Comtois: fromaidge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-gal",
            "2": "fórmaij"
          },
          "expansion": "Gallo: fórmaij",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallo: fórmaij"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-lor",
            "2": "freumêge",
            "3": "fromêge"
          },
          "expansion": "Lorrain: freumêge, fromêge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lorrain: freumêge, fromêge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "formage"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: formage, fromage, froumaige\nFrench: fromage, formage (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: formage, fromage, froumaige\nFrench: fromage, formage (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "fronmage"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: fronmage",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Guernsey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Guernsey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: fronmage (Jersey), fromage (Guernsey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-poi",
            "2": "frmajhe",
            "3": "froumajhe"
          },
          "expansion": "Poitevin-Saintongeais: frmajhe, froumajhe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Poitevin-Saintongeais: frmajhe, froumajhe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "froumadje"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: froumadje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: froumadje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "formaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: formaggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: formaggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "formagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: formagg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: formagg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "formagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: formagg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: formagg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "furmagliu"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: furmagliu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: furmagliu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "formaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: formaggio\n→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)\n→ Somali: farmaajo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: formaggio\n→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)\n→ Somali: farmaajo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "furmaggio"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: furmaggio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: furmaggio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-tar",
            "2": "frummàgge"
          },
          "expansion": "Tarantino: frummàgge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tarantino: frummàgge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "furmaggiu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: furmaggiu, frummaggiu, frumaggiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: furmaggiu, frummaggiu, frumaggiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "formache"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: formache",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: formache"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "formayu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: formayu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: formayu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "formaxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: formaxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: formaxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "formaje"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: formaje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: formaje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Others:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ML.",
            "2": "fōrmāgium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Medieval Latin: fōrmāgium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Medieval Latin: fōrmāgium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "formizzi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: formizzi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: formizzi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la-eme",
        "3": "fōrmāticum"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "former",
        "3": "-age",
        "t1": "to shape"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum (attested from circa 800). By surface analysis, former (“to shape”) + -age.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fromage oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromages",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromages",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fromage",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fromage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin",
        "Old French terms suffixed with -age",
        "Old French words derived through metathesis",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/foɾˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɾoˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuɾˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "note": "classical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɾuˈmad͡ʒə/",
      "note": "classical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "frumage"
    },
    {
      "word": "formage"
    },
    {
      "word": "fourmage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fromage"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fromage meaning in Old French (6.3kB)

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'fromage oblique singular or', originally 'fromage oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "fromage"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fromage",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'fromage oblique singular or', originally 'fromage oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "fromage"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fromage",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'fromage oblique singular or' in 'fromage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)'",
  "path": [
    "fromage"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fromage",
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}

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