étouper

== French == === Etymology === Recorded in Old French as estoper, estuper. From Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, from Latin stuppa. Equivalent to étoupe +‎ -er. Compare Occitan estopar, Italian stoppare, Old Spanish estopar; cf. also Romanian astupa, Romansh stuppar, Venetan stupar, Sicilian stuppari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tu.pe/ === Verb === étouper to caulk (block using oakum or by extension another similar material) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== étouper détouper === Further reading === “étouper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012