otage
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French hostage. By surface analysis, hôte + -age.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
otage m or f by sense (plural otages)
- hostage
- Prendre (quelqu’un) en otage. ― To take (someone) as a hostage.
Further reading[edit]
- “otage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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