Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

étape

/eɪˈtæp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: etape
IPA: /eɪˈtæp/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public storehouse.

noun

Supplies issued to troops on the march.

noun

The place where troops on the march halt overnight.

noun

The distance marched during a day.

noun

In Russia, a rest point for parties of prisoners in transit on foot

noun

A stage of a multistage bicycle race.

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. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Russian эта́п (etáp). More at the doublet staple.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: estappe, estaple, stapel, stapul, *stapul

Inflected Forms

étapes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce étape?: The recorded pronunciation is /eɪˈtæp/.
What does étape mean?: A public storehouse.
Where does étape come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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