Cage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Related Terms

English

Etymology

From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

Noun

cage (plural: cages)

1. an enclosure made of bars

Translations

Arabic: قَفَص (qafa.s) Bosnian: kavez m. German: Käfig m. (1) Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas) Ido: kajo

Persian: قفس (qafes) Serbian: Cyrillic: кавез m. Roman: kavez m. Spanish: jaula f. Urdu: قفس (qafas)

Derived terms

• birdcage
• cagey

Verb

to cage (cages, caged, caging)

1. to put into a cage

Derived terms

• caged in
• uncage

French

Etymology

From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaʒ/
• SAMPA: /kaZ/

Noun

cage f

1. cage

   "La Cage aux Folles" -- The Bird Cage

Related Terms

• caja
• cajon
• cave
• cavity

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