garage

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garage

/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/ UK
/ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/ UK
/ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/ UK
/ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/ UK
/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ US
/ɡəˈɹɑdʒ/ US
/ɡɹɑʒ/ US
/ɡɹɑdʒ/ US
/ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/ Australia
/ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/ Australia
/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/ Canada
/ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/ Canada
/ɡ(ə)ˈɹæ(d)ʒ/
/ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/ New Zealand
/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/ New Zealand
/ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/ General South African, India

Rhymes with -ɑːdʒ, -ɑːʒ, -æɹɪdʒ

Where it comes from

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”).

noun garages

countable, uncountable A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.
Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable, in US A place where cars are serviced and repaired. 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.
Similar: auto shop, car workshop, vehicle workshop
Commonwealth, countable, uncountable A petrol filling station.
Similar: petrol station, filling station, gas station, service station
countable, uncountable A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
countable, uncountable A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
attributive, countable, uncountable A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
UK, countable, uncountable A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.

verb garages · garaging · garaged

To store in a garage. We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: service department, parkade, carpark, parking, driveway, dealership, auto, siding, mechanic, depot, yard, underground, storage, filing, shop, workshop

Translations

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

Español	garaje, cochera, marquesina, remesa (disused)
한국어	차고 chago
日本語	車庫 shako, ガレージ garēji
中文	車庫 /车库 chēkù, 車房 /车房 chēfáng
हिन्दी	गेराज gerāj, मोटरख़ाना moṭarxānā
Português	garagem
Français	garage
Deutsch	Garage
Italiano	garage, autorimessa
Ελληνικά	γκαράζ gkaráz
Română	garaj
Русский	гара́ж garáž
Tiếng Việt	nhà để xe hơi, nhà để xe, nhà xe, ga ra
العربية	مُسْتَوْدَع mustawdaʕ, مِرْآب mirʔāb
עברית	מוּסָךְ musákh

noun place where cars are serviced and repaired

Español	taller mecánico, garaje, taller
한국어	정비소 jeongbiso
日本語	整備工場 seibi kōjō
Português	oficina mecânica, mecânica, oficina
Français	garage
Deutsch	Werkstatt
Italiano	officina meccanica, autorimessa
Română	autoservice
Русский	автосе́рвис avtosɛ́rvis, мастерска́я masterskája, ста́нция техобслу́живания stáncija texobslúživanija
Tiếng Việt	nhà sửa xe, tiệm sửa xe, ga ra
العربية	مَرْأَب marʔab, وَرْشَة warša

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@misc{garage_2026,
  title = {garage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}