plage

[ plahzh ]

noun

1. a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
2. Astronomy. a luminous area in the sun's chromosphere that appears in the vicinity of a sunspot.

plage

/ plɑːʒ /

noun

1. astronomy a bright patch in the sun's chromosphere

plage

/ pläzh /

1. A bright and intensely hot area in the Sun's chromosphere, usually associated with a sunspot. It is typically brighter than its surroundings but may be indistinguishable due to lack of contrast. Plages are sources of strong ultraviolet radiation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plage¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from French, from Italian piaggia, from Late Latin plagia “shore,” noun use of feminine of plagius “horizontal,” from Greek plágia (neuter plural) “sides (of a mountain), flanks (of an army),” noun use of plágios “oblique, slanting, sideways”; plagio-

Word History and Origins

Origin of plage¹

French, literally: beach, strand

Example Sentences

Another very interesting place is the Plage de Westende, the present terminus of the electric railway from Ostend.

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A lovely motor carriage was at our disposal for the “Hotel de la Plage.”

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After dinner he sat outside the hotel for an hour, watching people pass up and down the plage.

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The godly expownd it as a due plage of God for the wickednes ther usid, and the Sabath day so profanely spent.

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How and whether a Christen man ought to flye the horrible plage of the Pestilence.

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