WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
an•la•ge
(än′lä gə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gen (-gən),USA pronunciation -ges. (sometimes cap.)
- Developmental Biology[Embryol.]an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Psychology, Animal Behavioran inherited predisposition to certain traits or to a particular character development.
- German Anlage foundation, basis, as noun, nominal derivative of anlegen to lay on or out, apply, equivalent. to an- on + legen to lay1
- 1890–95