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étape

/eɪˈtæp/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French étape, from Middle French estappe, from Old French estaple (“warehouse; a place where merchants bring their wares to be sold”), from Middle Dutch stapel (“warehouse; market”), from Old Dutch stapul, from Frankish *stapul. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Russian эта́п (etáp). More at the doublet staple.

noun étapes

A public storehouse.
Supplies issued to troops on the march.
broadly The place where troops on the march halt overnight.
broadly The distance marched during a day.
historical In Russia, a rest point for parties of prisoners in transit on foot
A stage of a multistage bicycle race.

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"étape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tape. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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étape. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tape

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"étape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tape.

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@misc{e_tape_2026,
  title = {étape},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tape},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}