-aje

See also: aje, AJA, AJE, áje, and ajé

Spanish

Etymology

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

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

Suffix

-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

Spanish terms suffixed with -aje

Further reading

• “-aje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10