sauge
French, noun/soʒ/
sauge is a French feminine noun meaning “sage (Salvia officinalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membre du genre Salvia, plantes souvent aromatiques de la famille des lamiacées”.
What does sauge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesage (Salvia officinalis)
- 2
femininesage (any plant in the genus Salvia)
- 3
femininesynonym of sauge écarlate (“blood sage”) (Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membre du genre Salvia, plantes souvent aromatiques de la famille des lamiacées. 2. Salvia officinalis, la sauge officinale, espèce à feuilles ridées et un peu épaisses, qui est employée comme tonique. 3. Nom donné à de nombreuses plantes d’aspect ou d’usage similaire à la sauge officinale.
adjective: 1. De la couleur vert-gris doux. #689D71
adjective: 1. Qui contient de la sauge.
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 sauge
- sauges plural
- saugés plural masculine
- saugée singular feminine
- saugées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sauge?
- /soʒ/
- \soʒ\
- \so.ɡe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sauge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sauge in French?
sauge appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).