otage
French, noun/ɔ.taʒ/
otage is spelled O-T-A-G-E (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otage is a French feminine noun meaning “hostage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne livrée ou prise afin de garantir des accords entre ennemis”.
What does otage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehostage
Prendre (quelqu'un) en otage.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne livrée ou prise afin de garantir des accords entre ennemis. 2. Personne prise pour faire pression sur quelqu’un, un groupe, ou un État, afin d’obtenir quelque chose d’eux.
noun: 1. Action d’enlever, d’ôter, d’éliminer un élément superflu.
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 otage
- otages plural
- ôtages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce otage?
- /ɔ.taʒ/
- \ɔ.taʒ\
- [ɔ.taʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to otage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is otage in French?
otage appears 9.8 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).