cage
Middle English
/ˈkaːdʒ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A cage or pen.
- A cell, enclosure or room of diminutive proportions.
- A platform or deck.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cage derived from Latin cavea (cage, coop, cavity, stall, enclosure, hollow).
Origin
Latin
cavea
Gloss
cage, coop, cavity, stall, enclosure, hollow
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battery cage English
- birdcage English
- cage English
- cage bird English
- cage home English
- cagebird English
- cageful English
- cageless English
- cagelike English
- cageling English
- cagemate English
- cager English
- cagewash English
- cagework English
- decage English
- discage English
- encage English
- homecage English
- incage English
- microcage English
- nanocage English
- photocage English
- queen-cage English
- uncage English
- *caveola Latin
- cavea Latin
- caveola Latin
- gabiola Latin
- cavea Italian
- gabbia Italian
- gabbione Italian
- cage French
- gávea Portuguese
- ケージ Japanese
- gage Middle English
- cage Old French
- gàbia Catalan, Valencian
- caivanca Galician
- gabia Galician
- coye Middle Dutch
- chevia Old High German
- Käfeg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kōje Middle Low German
- ikheji Zulu
- gaggia Sicilian