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étape

See also: etape

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French étape, from Middle French estappe, from Old French estaple (“warehouse; a place where merchants bring their wares to be sold”), from Middle Dutch stapel (“warehouse; market”), from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Russian эта́п (etáp). More at the doublet staple.

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IPA(key): /eɪˈtæp/

Noun

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étape (plural étapes)

  1. A public storehouse.
  2. Supplies issued to troops on the march.
  3. (by extension) The place where troops on the march halt overnight.
  4. (by extension) The distance marched during a day.
  6. (historical) In Russia, a rest point for parties of prisoners in transit on foot
  7. (cycling) A stage of a multistage bicycle race.

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Etymology

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From Middle French estappe, from Old French estaple, from Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul.

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  • IPA(key): /e.tap/
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Noun

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étape f (plural étapes)

  1. stage, stop (on a journey)
  2. leg (of race)
  3. (figuratively) step, stage

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