loge

1. A booth or stall.
2. The lodge of a concierge.
3. An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine.
4. An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ləʊʒ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: loub

Cognate with German: Laube

Cognate with Old English: lēaf

In summary

From French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) from Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Akin to Old High German loub (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of lobby, loggia, and lodge. More at lobby, loggia, leaf, lodge.

Synonyms

box

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