étrave

== French == === Etymology === First known attestation in Norman 1394 as estable, then in French 1573. Borrowed from Old Norse stafn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tʁav/ === Noun === étrave f (plural étraves) (nautical) stem === Further reading === “étrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012