échapper

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Doublet of escaper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ʃa.pe/ === Verb === échapper (intransitive) to escape (from), evade [with à or de] 1985, Pierre Faucon de Boylesve, Être et Savoir : étude du fondement de l'intelligibilité dans la pensée médiévale, p.123 échapper à la mort ― to escape death échapper des mains de quelqu'un ― to slip out of someone's hands Rien ne lui échappe. ― Nothing escapes him/her. (Quebec, transitive) to drop an object unintentionally Tu as échappé ta tuque. ― You dropped your hat. (reflexive) to escape, break out (e.g., from prison) [with de] (reflexive) to go away, run away ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== l'échapper belle ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “échapper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “échapper”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “échapper” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.