estafette

== English == === Alternative forms === estafet === Etymology === Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”). === Noun === estafette (plural estafettes) (obsolete) A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta. First attested in the seventeenth century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛs.taːˈfɛ.tə/ Hyphenation: es‧ta‧fet‧te === Noun === estafette f (plural estafettes, diminutive estafettetje n) relay race ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → West Frisian: estafette → Indonesian: estafet == French == === Etymology === From Italian staffetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ta.fɛt/ === Noun === estafette f (plural estafettes) courier (military) dispatch rider ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: estafette→ West Frisian: estafette→ Indonesian: estafet → English: estafette → Moroccan Arabic: سطافيط (sṭāfīṭ) → Russian: эстафета (estafeta)→ Azerbaijani: estafet→ Crimean Tatar: estafeta→ Georgian: ესტაფეტა (esṭapeṭa)→ Kazakh: эстафета (éstafeta)→ Kyrgyz: эстафета (estafeta)→ Lithuanian: estafètė === Further reading === “estafette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012