étape
See also: etape
English
Etymology
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”). More at staple.
Noun
étape (plural étapes)
- A public storehouse.
- Supplies issued to troops on the march.
- (by extension) The place where troops on the march halt overnight.
- (by extension) The distance marched during a day.
- (historical) In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
- (cycling) A stage of a multistage bicycle race.
French
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stapel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tap/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “étape” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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