cage
French, noun/kaʒ/
cage is spelled C-A-G-E (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cage is a French feminine noun meaning “cage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme…”.
What does cage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecage
cage d'escalier
- 2
colloquialfemininearea, penalty area
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux. 2. Petite loge portative en bois avec des carreaux translucides, (particulièrement destinée à accueillir un pinson). 3. Loge portative d’assez grandes dimensions, garnie de barreaux d’un ou de plusieurs côtés, et destinée à renfermer des animaux et même des hommes. 4. Espace clos.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cage
- cages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cage?
- /kaʒ/
- \kaʒ\
- [kaʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cage in French?
cage appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).