Plural of adage
regular plural
The plural of adage is adages.
Forms of adage
| Singular | adage /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | adages |
| Countable | countable |
Adages in a sentence
- I thought of the strange adages, that one should give up searching for the ultimate words that need only be spoken to unhinge heaven and earth.1960, Gottfried Benn, Primal Vision: Selected Writings, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry anteverbal
Meaning of adage
- noun An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
- noun An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.
Questions about the plural of adage
- What is the plural of adage?
- The plural of adage is adages.
- Is adage countable?
- Adage is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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