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étage

/əˈtɑːʒ/ UK, US
/əˈtaːʒ/ Australia

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Borrowed from French étage. Doublet of stage.

noun étages

Any of the distinctive forms that a cloud takes relating to the altitude of its base, either "low", "middle", or "high", and designated by the respective prefixes strato-, alto-, and cirro-.

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"étage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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étage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tage

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"étage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tage.

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@misc{e_tage_2026,
  title = {étage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}