-aje

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See also: aje, AJA, AJE, áje, and ajé

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, both from Latin -āticum. Doublet of -azgo. Cognate with French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Romanian -aj.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaxe/ [ˈa.xe]
  • Rhymes: -axe
  • Syllabification: -a‧je

Suffix

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-aje m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajes)

  1. forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc.
    aprendiz (apprentice) + ‎-aje → ‎aprendizaje (apprenticeship)
    voltio (volt) + ‎-aje → ‎voltaje (voltage)
  2. forms masculine nouns with the sense of collection; -age
    pluma + ‎-aje → ‎plumaje (plumage)
  3. forms nouns
    lengua + ‎-aje → ‎lenguaje

Derived terms

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Further reading

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