escalier
French
Etymology
From Middle French escallier, borrowed (through written form) from Occitan escalier, from Late Latin scālārium (attested in some inscriptions), from substantivation of a plural of scālāris, from Latin scāla (“ladder”), with the locative suffix -ārium. Replaced the older French degrés and montée in this sense.
Pronunciation
Noun
escalier m (plural escaliers)
escaliers
Derived terms
Further reading
- “escalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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