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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”), from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul. More at staple.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eɪˈtæp/
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.
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French
Etymology
From Middle French estappe, from Old French estaple, from Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul.
Pronunciation
Noun
étape f (plural étapes)
- stage, stop (on a journey)
- leg (of race)
- (figuratively) step, stage
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