different between sag vs sago

English

Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?g, IPA^(key): /sæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)

1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

Translations

Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

   (Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.)

2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.

3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sag.

=Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

sag (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of saag
   • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants (page 173)

     The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

Anagrams

• AGS, AGs, Ags., GAs, GSA, Gas, SGA, gas

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/, [sä?], [s??]

Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse s?k, from Proto-Germanic *sak?. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??/, [sæ??j]
• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

1. matter, affair

   Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.

   I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.

2. cause

   Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.

   I am willing to die for the cause.

3. thing

   Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.

   I'll go inside and pack out my things.

4. case, lawsuit

   Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes.

   The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned.

5. file

   Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.

   I took my papers and cases home with me.

6. food (only in plural)

   Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet.

   The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (legal case): retssag

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?/
• Homophone: sæð

Noun

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za?k/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
• Rhymes: -a?k, -ax

Verb

sag

1. singular imperative of sagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??/
• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

1. sawdust

Declension

Anagrams

• gas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw
2. sawmill

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sag

1. imperative of sage

References

• “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g

Noun

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw

Derived terms

References

• “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ??/

Noun

s?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. carpet, rug

Declension

Synonyms

• tèpih

English

Etymology

From Malay sagu, via Portuguese or Dutch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e????

Noun

sago (countable and uncountable, plural sagos or sagoes)

1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
2. A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad, Cycas revoluta
3. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Derived terms

• Portland sago
• sago pudding
• sago spleen

Translations

See also

• sago palm

References

Anagrams

• AOGs, Gaos, Gosa, goas

Dutch

Etymology

Malay sagu

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?go

Noun

sago m (uncountable)

1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
2. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?o/
• Hyphenation: sa?go
• Rhymes: -a?o

Noun

sago (accusative singular sagon, plural sagoj, accusative plural sagojn)

1. arrow
2. (darts) dart

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (dart): sageto, pikilo

Hausa

Noun

sag? m (possessed form sagon)

1. snake

   Synonym: mac??j?

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.?o/
• Hyphenation: sà?go
• Rhymes: -a?o

Etymology 1

From Latin s?gus.

Adjective

sago (feminine saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)

1. (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying

   Synonyms: presago, profetico

Related terms

• saga

Etymology 2

From Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek ????? (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.

Noun

sago m (plural saghi)

1. (Ancient Rome) sagum, a military cloak
2. (literary) Synonym of saio

Japanese

Romanization

sago

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Adjective

s?g?

1. dative masculine singular of s?gus
2. dative neuter singular of s?gus
3. ablative masculine singular of s?gus
4. ablative neuter singular of s?gus

Noun

sag? m

1. singular dative of sagus
2. singular ablative of sagus

Noun

sag? n

1. singular dative of sagum
2. singular ablative of sagum

References

• sago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

1. (historical) sagum (cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers)

Romanian

Etymology

From French sagou.

Noun

sago n (uncountable)

1. sago

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

sago

1. drip (of saliva, mucus, etc.)

Etymology 2

Noun

sagó

1. sago palm tree and its white globular pearls used in make pudding