escalier

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French escallier, borrowed (through written form) from Occitan escalier, from Late Latin scālārium (attested in some inscriptions), from substantivation of a plural of scālāris, from Latin scāla (“ladder”), with the locative suffix -ārium. Replaced the older French degrés and montée in this sense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.lje/ === Noun === escalier m (plural escaliers) step, stair staircase ==== Derived terms ==== cage d'escalier escalier mécanique esprit de l'escalier escalier roulant ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: eskalye === Further reading === “escalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cèlerais cisèlera éclaires, éclairés