garage

See also: Garage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wer-der.

Proto-Germanic *warōną

Frankish *warōnbor.

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Proto-Germanic *warōną

Old Norse varabor.

Old French garer

Middle French garrer

French garer

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French garagebor.

English garage

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, /ɡəˈɹɑdʒ/, /ɡɹɑʒ/, /ɡɹɑdʒ/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/
• (Canada, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /ɡ(ə)ˈɹæ(d)ʒ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
• (General South African, India) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/
• Hyphenation: ga‧rage
• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ, -ɑːʒ, -æɹɪdʒ

Noun

garage (countable and uncountable, plural garages)

1. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “2/2”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎^[1]:

     A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.

2. (chiefly Commonwealth, dated in US) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

   Synonyms: (North America) auto shop, car workshop, vehicle workshop

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.

3. (chiefly Commonwealth) A petrol filling station.

   Synonyms: (Britain, Ireland, Australia) petrol station; (North America) filling station, gas station, service station

4. (aviation) A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
5. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
6. (attributive, music) A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
7. (UK, music) A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.

Usage notes

• Historically, a commercial garage would offer storage, refueling, servicing, and repair of vehicles. Since the mid-late 20th century, storage has become uncommon at premises having the other functions. Now, refueling, servicing, and repair are becoming increasingly separated from each other. Few repair garages still sell petrol; it is very uncommon for a new filling station to have a mechanic or any facilities for servicing beyond inflating tires; and a new kind of business exists to provide servicing: the oil/lube change shop.

Derived terms

• 2-step garage
• avant-garage
• detached garage
• future garage
• garageable
• garage apartment
• garage band
• garage certificate
• garage door
• garage door opener
• garageful
• garageless
• garagelike
• Garage Mahal
• garageman
• garage-porch
• garage punk, garage-punk
• garage queen
• garage rock, garage-rock
• garage sale
• garage startup
• garage suite
• garageware
• garagey
• parking garage
• petrol garage
• speed garage
• three guys in a garage
• UK garage

Descendants

• → Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez)
• → Bengali: গ্যারেজ (gêrej)
• → Hindi: गेराज (gerāj)
• → Irish: garáiste
• → Japanese: ガレージ, グラージ
• → Malay: garaj
• → Scottish Gaelic: garaids
• → Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj)
• → Urdu: گیراج (gerāj)
• → Welsh: garej

Translations

building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.

• Albanian: garazh (sq) m
• Amharic: ጋራዥ (garaž)
• Arabic: مُسْتَوْدَع m (mustawdaʕ), مِرْآب (ar) m (mirʔāb)

  Egyptian Arabic: جراش m (garāš), جراچ m (garaž)

  Hijazi Arabic: قراج m (garāj), موقِف m (mawgif)

  Moroccan Arabic: ڭراج m (garāj)

• Armenian: ավտոտնակ (hy) (avtotnak), (colloquial) գարաժ (hy) (garaž)
• Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez)
• Asturian: garaxe (ast) m, cochera f
• Azerbaijani: qaraj
• Belarusian: гара́ж m (haráž)
• Bengali: গ্যারেজ (bn) (gêrej)
• Bulgarian: гара́ж (bg) m (garáž)
• Burmese: ကားရုံ (my) (ka:rum), ဂိုဒေါင် (my) (guidaung)
• Catalan: garatge (ca) m, cotxera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 車庫 / 车库 (ce¹ fu³), 車房 / 车房 (ce¹ fong⁴)

  Hokkien: 車庫 / 车库 (zh-min-nan) (chhia-khò͘)

  Mandarin: 車庫 / 车库 (zh) (chēkù), 車房 / 车房 (zh) (chēfáng)

• Cornish: karrji m
• Czech: garáž (cs) f
• Danish: garage (da) c
• Dutch: garage (nl) f, autogarage (nl) m
• Esperanto: garaĝo
• Estonian: autokuur, garaaž, garaažiboks
• Faroese: bilhús n, bilskúr n, bilskúrur m
• Finnish: autotalli (fi)
• French: garage (fr) m
• Galician: garaxe m
• Georgian: გარაჟი (garaži)
• German: Garage (de) f
• Greek: γκαράζ (el) (gkaráz)
• Hebrew: מוּסָךְ (he) m (musákh)
• Hindi: गेराज m (gerāj), मोटरख़ाना m (moṭarxānā)
• Hungarian: garázs (hu)
• Icelandic: bílskúr (is) m
• Ido: gareyo (io)
• Indonesian: garasi (id)
• Irish: garáiste m
• Italian: garage (it) m, autorimessa (it) f
• Japanese: 車庫 (ja) (しゃこ, shako), ガレージ (ja) (garēji)
• Kazakh: гараж (garaj), көлікжай (kölikjay)
• Korean: 차고(車庫) (ko) (chago)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: garaj (ku)

• Kyrgyz: гараж (ky) (garaj)
• Lao: ອູ່ລົດ (ʼū lot), ເຮືອນລົດ (hư̄an lot), ໂຮງມ້ຽນລົດ (hōng mīan lot), ໂຮງໄວ້ລົດ (hōng wai lot)
• Latin: stabulum
• Latvian: garāža f
• Lithuanian: garažas m
• Macedonian: гара́жа f (garáža)
• Malay: garaj (ms)

  Brunei Malay: giris

• Maltese: garaxx m
• Marathi: गॅरेज n (gĕrej)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гарааш (mn) (garaaš), гараш (garaš), гараж (garaž), граж (graž)

• Navajo: chidí bighan
• Norman: garage m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: garasje (no) m

  Nynorsk: garasje m

• Ojibwe: odaabaaniiwigamig
• Pashto: ګاراج m (gārāj), ګراج m (garāj), موټرخانه f (moṭarxāna)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: گاراژ (fa) (gârâž)

• Polish: garaż (pl) m
• Portuguese: garagem (pt) f
• Quechua: awtu jallch'ana wasi
• Romanian: garaj (ro) n
• Russian: гара́ж (ru) m (garáž)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: auttstä´llj

• Scottish Gaelic: garaids f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гара́жа f

  Latin: garáža (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj)
• Slovak: garáž (sk) f
• Slovene: garaža (sl) f
• Spanish: garaje (es) m, cochera (es) f, marquesina (es) f (Caribbean), remesa (es) f (disused)
• Swedish: garage (sv) n
• Tagalog: garahe (tl)
• Tajik: гараж (tg) (garaž)
• Thai: โรงรถ (roong-rót)
• Tibetan: མོ་ཊ་འཇོག་སའི་ཁང་པ (mo ṭa 'jog sa'i khang pa)
• Turkish: garaj (tr), arabalık (tr), kurluk (tr), kaylık
• Turkmen: garaj, garaž
• Ukrainian: гара́ж (uk) m (haráž)
• Urdu: گیراج m (gerāj), موٹَر خانَہ m (moṭar xāna), کار گودام m (kār godām)
• Uyghur: گاراژ (garazh)
• Uzbek: garaj (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà để xe hơi, nhà để xe, nhà xe (vi), ga ra (vi)
• Volapük: garad
• Walloon: gåraedje (wa) m
• Welsh: garej (cy) f, (puristic) modurdy (cy) m
• Yiddish: גאַראַזש (garazh)

place where cars are serviced and repaired

• Arabic: مَرْأَب m (marʔab), وَرْشَة f (warša)

  Hijazi Arabic: وَرْشة f (warša)

• Bulgarian: серви́з (bg) m (servíz), автосерви́з m (avtoservíz)
• Czech: servis (cs) m, autoservis m, opravna (cs) f, autoopravna f
• Finnish: autokorjaamo (fi), korjaamo (fi)
• French: garage (fr)
• Galician: taller mecánico m
• Georgian: ავტოსერვისი (avṭoservisi)
• German: Werkstatt (de) f
• Hungarian: szerviz (hu), autószerviz (hu), autójavító (hu), autószerelő műhely, járműjavító (hu)
• Indonesian: bengkel (id)
• Irish: garáiste m
• Italian: officina meccanica f, autorimessa (it) f
• Japanese: 整備工場 (せいびこうじょう, seibi kōjō)
• Korean: 정비소(整備所) (jeongbiso)
• Malay: bengkel (ms), woksyop (ms)
• Marathi: गॅरेज n (gĕrej)
• Norman: garage m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: oficina mecânica, mecânica (pt) f, oficina (pt) f
• Romanian: autoservice (ro) n
• Russian: автосе́рвис (ru) m (avtosɛ́rvis), мастерска́я (ru) f (masterskája), ста́нция техобслу́живания f (stáncija texobslúživanija)
• Sanskrit: यानागार (yānāgāra)
• Scottish Gaelic: garaids f
• Spanish: taller mecánico m, garaje (es) m, taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c, bilverkstad (sv) c
• Turkish: servis (tr)
• Ukrainian: ста́нція техобслуго́вування f (stáncija texobsluhóvuvannja), автосе́рвіс m (avtosérvis)
• Vietnamese: nhà sửa xe, tiệm sửa xe, ga ra (vi)
• Walloon: gåraedje (wa) m

petrol filling station — see gas station

aviation: shed for housing an aircraft — see hangar

space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other — see siding

music genre: type of guitar rock music

music genre: type of electronic dance music

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Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} garaj (ku) f

Verb

garage (third-person singular simple present garages, present participle garaging, simple past and past participle garaged)

1. To store in a garage.

   We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.

   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

     Meanwhile the chauffeur who had driven them there—a subordinate member of the band—had garaged his car and was loitering about the drive in the expectation of further instructions.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     I garaged the car and went to Aunt Dahlia's sanctum to ascertain whether she had cooled off at all since I had left her, for I was still anxious about that blood pressure of hers.

   • 1979 April 28, Nancy Walker, “A Case of Mistaken Identity”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

     In large cities cars are nuisances unless you have enough money to afford to garage the beasts.

Translations

to store in a garage

• Bulgarian: гарирам (gariram)
• Georgian: გარაჟში მოთავსება (garažši motavseba)
• Hungarian: garazsíroz
• Ido: garar (io)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage.

Noun

garage c (singular definite garagen, plural indefinite garager)

1. garage (building (or section of a building) used to store a car, tools and other miscellaneous items.)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣaːˈraː.ʒə/

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• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

garage m (plural garages, no diminutive)

1. a garage (repair shop for motorised vehicles)
2. a garage (building or room for storing and modifying motorised vehicles)

Derived terms

• autogarage
• garagedeur
• garagehouder
• parkeergarage

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: garás
• → Indonesian: garasi

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wer-der.

Proto-Germanic *warōną

Frankish *warōnbor.

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Proto-Germanic *warōną

Old Norse varabor.

Old French garer

Middle French garrer

French garer

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French garage

From garer +‎ -age. Analogue to gare +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaʒ/

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Noun

garage m (plural garages)

1. garage

Derived terms

• garage à bites
• vente de garage
• voie de garage

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَراج (karāj)
• → Bulgarian: гара́ж (garáž)
• → Catalan: garatge
• → Czech: garáž
• → Danish: garage
• → Dutch: garage
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: garás
  • → Indonesian: garasi
• → English: garage
  • → Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez)
  • → Bengali: গ্যারেজ (gêrej)
  • → Hindi: गेराज (gerāj)
  • → Irish: garáiste
  • → Japanese: ガレージ, グラージ
  • → Malay: garaj
  • → Scottish Gaelic: garaids
  • → Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj)
  • → Urdu: گیراج (gerāj)
  • → Welsh: garej
• → German: Garage
  • → Hungarian: garázs
• → Greek: γκαράζ (gkaráz)
• Haitian Creole: garaj
• → Hijazi Arabic: قراج (garāj)
• → Italian: garage
• → Latvian: garāža
• → Lithuanian: garažas
• → Norman: garage
• → Norwegian: garasje
• → Persian: گاراژ (gârâž)
• → Polish: garaż
• → Portuguese: garagem
• → Romanian: garaj
• → Russian: гара́ж (garáž)
  • → Armenian: գարաժ (garaž)
  • → Azerbaijani: qaraj
  • → Crimean Tatar: garaj
  • → Estonian: garaaž
  • → Gagauz: garaj
  • → Georgian: გარაჟი (garaži)
  • → Kazakh: гараж (garaj)
  • → Kyrgyz: гараж (garaj)
  • → Mongolian: гараж (garaž)
  • → Tajik: гараж (garaž)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin script: garaža

  Cyrillic script: гаража

• → Spanish: garaje
• → Slovak: garáž
• → Swedish: garage
• → Turkish: garaj
  • → Laz: გარაჟი (garaji)
• → Ukrainian: гара́ж (haráž)
• → Vietnamese: ga ra

Further reading

• “garage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• gagera

Italian

Alternative forms

• garaggio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French garage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈraʒ/
• Rhymes: -aʒ
• Hyphenation: ga‧ràge

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Noun

garage m (usually invariable, plural (rare) garagi)

1. garage (domestic storage for a car)
2. garage (motor repair facility)

   Synonym: autorimessa

Derived terms

• garagista

Further reading

• “garage”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage.

Noun

garage m (plural garages)

1. (Jersey) garage

Derived terms

• garagiste (“garage-keeper”)

Spanish

Noun

garage m (uncountable)

1. garage (music genre)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrɑːɧ/
  • (Most speakers in North and Central Sweden) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈrɑːʂ]
  • (Dark /ɧ/ variant, South Sweden) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈrɑːɧ], [-ɑːx̞ʷ]

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Noun

garage n

1. garage; a building (or section of a building) used to store a car

Declension

Declension of garage

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	garage	garages
	definite	garaget	garagets
plural	indefinite	garage	garages
	definite	garagen	garagens

Related terms

• garagedörr
• garageplats

References

• “garage”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “garage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “garage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)