escarper

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.pe/ === Etymology 1 === From escarpe +‎ -er. ==== Verb ==== escarper (reflexive) to steepen, to become steeper (reflexive, figuratively) to harden, to become more difficult ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== escarpé escarpement === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Franco-Provençal escarpi. Doublet of écharper. ==== Verb ==== escarper (slang) to escalate ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “escarper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012