# page
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peɪd͡ʒ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

### Etymology 1

Via Middle French from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.

#### Noun

page (plural pages)
* One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
** 1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
** 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist‎:The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] . Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
* One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
* (figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.
    the page of history
* (typography) The type set up for printing a page.
* (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
** 2003, Maria Langer, Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced, page 44:To view man pages for a command: Type man followed by the name of the command (for example, man ls), and press Return. […] To view the next page: Press Spacebar. The manual advances one page (Figure 9).
* (Internet) A web page.
* (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

##### Synonyms

* (side of a leaf): folio, side
* (record, writing): account, record

##### Hyponyms

* (Internet): homepage, Web page, webpage
* (computing, Internet): help page, man page, manpage

##### Derived terms

* 404 page
* about page
* attack page
* back-page
* back page
* blank page
* code page
* confessions page
* continued on page 94
* continued page 94
* cover page
* doorway page
* double-page spread
* down-page
* empty page
* fan page
* front-page
* front page
* front page of the Internet
* full-page
* home page
* jump page
* landing page
* main page
* memory page
* mini-page
* mise-en-page
* on the same page
* orphan page
* other on the same page
* page break
* page down
* page extent
* page fault
* page file
* page flow
* page in
* page numbering
* page-one rewrite
* page out
* page proof
* page table
* page three girl
* page-turner
* page-turny
* page up
* page wire
* problem page
* rip a page out of someone's book
* rip a page out of someone's playbook
* single-page application
* splash page
* sports page
* start page
* sub-page
* tab page
* take a page out of someone's book
* take a page out of someone's playbook
* take a page out of someone’s book
* talk page
* title page
* turn a page
* turn the page
* user page
* WWW page

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: पेज (pej)
* → Japanese: ページ (pēji)
* → Korean: 페이지 (peiji)

##### References

* page on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### Verb

page (third-person singular simple present pages, present participle paging, simple past and past participle paged)
* (transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
* (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
    The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.
* (transitive) To furnish with folios.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Used in English from the 13th century onwards.

#### Noun

page (plural pages)
* (historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
    Synonym: pageboy
* (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
* (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
* (in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
* A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
* A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
* (telecommunications, dated) A message sent to someone's pager.
** 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things, page 355:Before he could bring it down, the pager clipped to his belt went off. […] If you were a lawyer or a business executive, maybe you could afford to ignore your pages for a while, but when you were a County Sheriff—and one who was elected rather than appointed—there wasn't much question about priorities.
** 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):Woman, why don't you be answering any of my pages?
* Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

##### Derived terms

* pageboy

##### Translations
#### Verb

page (third-person singular simple present pages, present participle paging, simple past and past participle paged)
* (transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
** c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:Will these moist trees […] page thy heels
* (transitive, US, obsolete in UK) To call or summon (someone).
* (transitive, telecommunications, dated) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
    I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me.
** 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Dionne (Stacey Dash):It's not even eight thirty and Murray is paging me.
* (transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
    An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* gape, peag, EGPA

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaː.ʒə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧ge
* Rhymes: -aːʒə

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch page, from Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

#### Noun

page m (plural pages, diminutive pagetje n)
* (historical) page (boy serving a knight or noble, often of the noble estate)
    Synonym: edelknaap
* a page, a butterfly of the family Papilionidae
    Synonyms: ridder, ridderkapel

##### Derived terms

* koninginnenpage
* pagekapsel
* pagekop

##### References

* “page” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French page, from Old French page, from Latin pagina.

#### Noun

page m (plural pages, diminutive pagetje n)
* (archaic) page (sheet of paper)
    Synonyms: blad, bladzijde, pagina

##### Related terms

* pagina

### Anagrams

* gape

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paʒ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʒ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French page, a borrowing from Latin pāgina (“page, strip of papyrus fastened to others”).

#### Noun

page f (plural pages)
* page (of a book, etc.)
* page, web page

##### Derived terms

* à la page
* angoisse de la page blanche
* mise en page
* note de bas de page
* page de garde
* page d’accueil
* page web
* pages blanches
* pages jaunes
* pagination
* pied de page
* tourner la page

### Etymology 2

From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

#### Noun

page m (plural pages)
* page, page boy

##### Descendants

* → Polish: paź
* → Russian: паж (paž)

### Further reading

* “page”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Karo Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

### Noun

page
* paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

### References

* Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 163.

## Latin
### Noun

pāge
* vocative singular of pāgus

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old French page.

### Noun

page
* a boy child
** 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:A doghter hadde they bitwixe hem two / Of twenty yeer, with-outen any mo, / Savinge a child that was of half-yeer age; / In cradel it lay and was a propre page.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French page, from Latin pāgina (“page, strip of papyrus fastened to others”).

### Noun

page f (plural pages)
* (Jersey) page

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* paige
* parge

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.dʒə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pāgina.

#### Noun

page oblique singular, f (oblique plural pages, nominative singular page, nominative plural pages)
* page (one face of a sheet of paper or similar material)

##### Descendants

* English: page
* French: page
* Champenois: paidge
* Norman: page (Jersey)

### Etymology 2

Disputed, see page in English above.

#### Noun

page oblique singular, m (oblique plural pages, nominative singular pages, nominative plural page)
* page (youth attending a person of high degree)

##### Descendants

* Middle French: page
** French: page (see there for further descendants)
** → Middle English: page
*** English: page
** → Middle Irish: páitse
*** Irish: páiste
*** Manx: paitçhey
*** Scottish Gaelic: pàisde

## Spanish
### Noun

page m (plural pages)
* page, pageboy

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑːɧ/

### Noun

page c
* page, serving boy
* pageboy (hairstyle)
    Synonym: pagefrisyr

#### Declension
### References

* page in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* page in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* page in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* pagi
* pagui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS. Compare Malay pari & Fijian vai.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpaɡe/ [ˈpaː.ɣɛ]
* Rhymes: -aɡe
* Syllabification: pa‧ge

### Noun

page (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄᜒ) (ichthyology)
* ray (marine fish)

#### Derived terms

* buntot-page
* pageng-bulik
* pageng-manok

### Further reading

* “page”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “page”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paRiS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI