escalier
French
Etymology
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/
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Noun
escalier m (plural escaliers)
- step, stair
- staircase
escaliers
- stairs
Derived terms
- cage d'escalier
- escalier mécanique
- esprit de l'escalier
- escalier roulant
Further reading
- “escalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cèlerais
- cisèlera
- éclaires, éclairés