baggage

B1 Topic:Aviation & Flight

US /ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #7880

Meanings

1

noun
The bags and cases you take with you when travelling.

Please collect your baggage from carousel three.
2

noun
Past experiences or feelings that cause problems in the present.

He carries a lot of emotional baggage from his childhood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the bags and cases you take... luggage

Word family

Derived forms baggage-smasherbaggagelessbaggageman baggagemasterbaggagerway-baggage

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Phrases (1)

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baggage car
a railway carriage used to carry passengers' luggage

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).

bagage Middle English

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Topics

Aviation & Flight General Vocabulary

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# baggage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 7880

## Meanings
1. The bags and cases you take with you when travelling.
2. Past experiences or feelings that cause problems in the present.

## Examples
- Please collect your baggage from carousel three.
- He carries a lot of emotional baggage from his childhood.

## Derived Forms
- baggage-smasher
- baggageless
- baggageman
- baggagemaster
- baggager
- way-baggage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bagage
- Affix: -age - action

## Etymology
From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).

## AI Etymology
Baggage comes from Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).

## Topics
- Aviation & Flight
- General Vocabulary

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