étape

English

noun
Definitions
  • A public storehouse.
  • Supplies issued to troops on the march.
  • (by extension) The place where troops on the march halt overnight.
  • (by extension) The distance marched during a day.
  • (historical) In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
  • (cycling) A stage of a multistage bicycle race.

Etymology

Borrowed from French étape (distributing provisions to marching soldiers, supplies, provisions) derived from Middle French estappe derived from Old French estaple (post, marketplace, a place where merchants bring their wares to be sold, warehouse, market) derived from Middle Dutch stapel (market, pillar, warehouse, foundation).

Origin

Middle Dutch

stapel

Gloss

market, pillar, warehouse, foundation

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

倉

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