garage

English

/ˈɡæɹɑː(d)ʒ/, /ˈɡæɹɪdʒ/, /ɡəˈɹɑː(d)ʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ɹæ(d)ʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
  • (chiefly) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
  • (chiefly) A petrol filling station.
  • (aviation) A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
  • A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
  • (attributive) A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
  • (British) A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage (protection, keeping under cover, shelter, garage), garer (guard, keep under cover, dock, keep, shunt) derived from Middle French garer derived from Old French garir derived from Frankish *warjan (vouch for, fend for, protect, designate something as true, defend, authorise, warrant) derived from Old French varer (fight, protect, defend oneself) derived from Old Norse varask (defend oneself) derived from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (heed, cover, defend, protect, burn, close, save, bend, turn, guard, rope, squirrel, envelop, boil, crook, notice, give heed, string, watch, speak, note, high, twist, perceive, tie, sense, blister, bond, blacken, shut, be wary, shelter, bind with a rope, highland, sketch an outline, become aware, take heed, stoat, make, cut, look out for, raised area, be aware, be watchful, tear, pay attention, scratch, observe, tuber, lump, work, be careful).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wer-

Gloss

heed, cover, defend, protect, burn, close, save, bend, turn, guard, rope, squirrel, envelop, boil, crook, notice, give heed, string, watch, speak, note, high, twist, perceive, tie, sense, blister, bond, blacken, shut, be wary, shelter, bind with a rope, highland, sketch an outline, become aware, take heed, stoat, make, cut, look out for, raised area, be aware, be watchful, tear, pay attention, scratch, observe, tuber, lump, work, be careful

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

弦

Emoji
🤭 📔

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms