PLAGE Definition & Meaning

plage

[ plahzh ]

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noun

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

plage

/ ��ɑː�� /

noun

astronomy a bright patch in the sun's chromosphere

plage

/ ��ä�� /

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.

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�y��vlog 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 ��á�� (neuter plural) “sides (of a mountain), flanks (of an army),” noun use of ��á��ǲ� “oblique, slanting, sideways”; plagio-

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of plage¹

French, literally: beach, strand

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He believes the artist is referencing the student uprising in Paris in 1968, which had the slogan "sous les pavés, la plage!"

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“Plague” comes from the Middle English plage, which comes from the Latin plaga, “blow” — as in, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “a blow, smiting, slaughter.”

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Following an hour of games with seven players on a side, campers walked to a park for football de plage: beach soccer.

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In an echo of the 1968 Paris uprisings, a large sign in French, erected over the main protest area in the Admiralty district, read: “Sous les pavés, la plage!”

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“Tender Is the Night” so perfectly captures “sur la plage” at the French Riviera that readers might well be advised to apply sunscreen before diving into the novel.

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