étai

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tɛ/, /e.te/ Homophones: étaie, étaient, étaies, étais, était, été (some speakers) === Etymology 1 === From Old French estai, from Old English stæġ (“rope, stay”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą. More at stay. ==== Noun ==== étai m (plural étais) (nautical) a stay === Etymology 2 === From Middle French estaie, from Old French atay, escai, *estai, of Germanic origin. More at stay. ==== Noun ==== étai m (plural étais) stay, prop, strut, support === Further reading === “étai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.d̪i/ === Verb === ·étai second-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·cota === Mutation ===