lodge
pronunciation
How to pronounce lodge in British English:
UK [lɒdʒ]
How to pronounce lodge in American English:
US [lɑːdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- any of various native American dwellings
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
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- Verb:
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
Word Origin
- lodge
- lodge: [13] The distant ancestor of lodge was Germanic *laubja ‘shelter’, which may well have been a derivative of *laubam ‘leaf’ (source of English leaf) – the underlying idea being of a sheltered place formed by or constructed from leafy branches. German laube ‘summer-house, covered way’ comes from the same source. Medieval Latin took over the Germanic form as laubia or lobia (from which English gets lobby [16]), and passed it on via Old French loge to English in the form lodge.=> leaf, lobby
- lodge (n.)
- mid-13c. in surnames and place names; late 13c. as "small building or hut," from Old French loge "arbor, covered walk; hut, cabin, grandstand at a tournament," from Frankish *laubja "shelter" (cognate with Old High German louba "porch, gallery," German Laube "bower, arbor"), from Proto-Germanic *laubja- "shelter," likely originally "shelter of foliage," or "roof made from bark," from root of leaf (n.). "Hunter's cabin" sense is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "local branch of a society" is first recorded 1680s, from mid-14c. logge "workshop of masons." Also used of certain American Indian buildings, hence lodge-pole (1805). Feste of Logges (c. 1400) was a Middle English rendition of the Old Testament Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
- lodge (v.)
- c. 1200, loggen, "to encamp, set up camp;" c. 1300 "to put in a certain place," from Old French logier "lodge; find lodging for" (Modern French loger), from loge (see lodge (n.)). From late 14c. as "to dwell, live; to have temporary accomodations; to provide (someone) with sleeping quarters; to get lodgings." Sense of "to get a thing in the intended place, to make something stick" is from 1610s. Related: Lodged; lodging.
Example
- 1. The us has not signed the un convention , making it impossible for it to even lodge a claim .
- 2. If a culprit persisted with its " manipulation " , the treasury would have to lodge a formal complaint at the world trade organisation .
- 3. Feats such as these are rewarded back at the lodge with steaming cups of cocoa as we listen to a guide give fascinating talks on the local history and geography in the lecture room .
- 4. French authorities have since returned the data to switzerland and have agreed not to use the information to lodge an official request with swiss authorities to secure further information that would help pursue french tax dodgers .
- 5. Another common trick was for a business line to keep quiet about a proposal on which it had been working for weeks until a couple of hours before the meeting to approve it , so the risk team had no time to lodge convincing objections .