WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sage1 /seɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
n., adj., sag•er, sag•est.
n. [countable]
adj.
sage2 /seɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [countable]
- a very wise person:consulting the village sage for advice.
adj.
- wise or prudent:sage advice.
sage2 /seɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
- Plant Biology, Fooda plant belonging to the mint family, esp. one with grayish green leaves used in cooking.
- Plant Biologythe leaves themselves:turkey stuffing with sage.
sage1
(sāj),USA pronunciation n., adj., sag•er, sag•est.
n.
adj.
sage′ly, adv.
sage′ness, n.
sage2 (sāj),USA pronunciation n.
Sage (sāj),USA pronunciation n.
n.
- a profoundly wise person;
a person famed for wisdom. - someone venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience.
adj.
- wise, judicious, or prudent:sage advice.
- Late Latin sapidus wise, tasteful (Latin: tasty), equivalent. to sap(ere) to know, be wise, origin, originally to taste (see sapient) + -idus -id4
- Old French
- Middle English (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) 1250–1300
sage′ness, n.
- 1. philosopher. 3. sagacious.
- 1. fool.
sage2 (sāj),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany plant or shrub belonging to the genus Salvia, of the mint family.
- Plant Biologyan herb, Salvia officinalis, whose grayish-green leaves are used in medicine and for seasoning in cookery.
- Plant Biologythe leaves themselves.
- Plant Biologysagebrush.
- Latin salvia, derivative of salvus safe (so named from its supposed healing powers)
- Middle French sau(l)ge
- Middle English sa(u)ge 1275–1325
Sage (sāj),USA pronunciation n.
- Russell, 1816–1906, U.S. financier.