étrier

== English == === Etymology === From French étrier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪ.tɹi.jeɪ/ === Noun === étrier (plural étriers) (climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup. === Anagrams === Terrie, reiter, retier, retire == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French estrier, from Old French estrief, estreu (“a ring hanging on each side of the saddle supporting a rider's foot”), from Frankish *streup (“buckle, stirrup”), perhaps for Frankish *stigareip (“stirrup”). Compare Old High German stegareif (“stirrup”), Middle Dutch stegerep (“stirrup”), Old English stīrāp, stiġrāp (“stirrup”), Old Norse stigreip (“stirrup”). See also étrivière. More at stirrup. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tʁi.je/ === Noun === étrier m (plural étriers) (equestrianism) stirrup (anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes (climbing) stirrup, étrier (UK) caliper (part of a brake) ==== Derived terms ==== à franc étrier boire le vin de l'étrier coup de l'étrier mettre le pied à l’étrier ==== Related terms ==== étrivière ==== Descendants ==== → English: étrier → Romanian: etrier === Further reading === “étrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === étirer itérer retire, retiré