étape

== 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. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Russian эта́п (etáp). More at the doublet 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 rest point for parties of prisoners in transit on foot (cycling) A stage of a multistage bicycle race. === Anagrams === Peate == French == === Etymology === From Middle French estappe, from Old French estaple, from Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tap/ === Noun === étape f (plural étapes) stage, stop (on a journey) leg (of race) (figuratively) step, stage ==== Derived terms ==== brûler les étapes faire étape ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “étape”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === épate, épaté, pâtée, tapée