Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

étage

/əˈtɑːʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: etage
IPA: /əˈtɑːʒ/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the distinctive forms that a cloud takes relating to the altitude of its base, either "low", "middle", or "high", and designated by the respective prefixes strato-, alto-, and cirro-.

Etymology

Borrowed from French étage. Doublet of stage.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: étage

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈtɑːʒ/
British English: /əˈtɑːʒ/

Inflected Forms

étages (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce étage?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈtɑːʒ/.
What does étage mean?: Any of the distinctive forms that a cloud takes relating to the altitude of its base, either "low", "middle", or "high", and designated by the respective prefixes strato-, alto-, and cirro-.
Where does étage come from?: It is traced to French.

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