estafette
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”).
Noun[edit]
estafette (plural estafettes)
- (obsolete) A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta. First attested in the seventeenth century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
estafette f (plural estafettes, diminutive estafettetje n)
Derived terms[edit]
- estafettedienst
- estafetteloop
- estafetteloper
- estafettemarathon
- estafetteploeg
- estafettestaking
- estafettestok
- fietsestafette
- zwemestafette
Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
estafette f (plural estafettes)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “estafette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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