échalas
French, noun/e.ʃa.la/
échalas is spelled É-C-H-A-L-A-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Échalas is a French masculine noun meaning “stake, pole (to support plants etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâton d’un mètre ou deux de long, voire plus, que l’on fiche en terre pour soutenir un cep de vigne, une tige…”.
What does échalas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestake, pole (to support plants etc.)
- 2
colloquialmasculinebeanpole, string bean (thin person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâton d’un mètre ou deux de long, voire plus, que l’on fiche en terre pour soutenir un cep de vigne, une tige de houblon ou un arbuste. 2. Synonyme de saule marsault qui sert à faire des tuteurs ou échalas. 3. Homme grand et maigre.
typographic variant: 1. Mauvaise orthographe de Échalas.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce échalas?
- /e.ʃa.la/
- /e.ʃa.lɑ/
- \e.ʃa.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to échalas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is échalas in French?
échalas appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).