étage

English

noun
Definitions
  • (meteorology) one 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-.

Etymology

Borrowed from French étage (shelf, floor).

Origin

French

étage

Gloss

shelf, floor

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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