escalier
French, noun/ɛs.ka.lje/
escalier is spelled E-S-C-A-L-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escalier is a French masculine noun meaning “step, stair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de marches qui, dans un bâtiment, servent pour monter ou descendre”.
What does escalier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestep, stair
- 2
masculinestaircase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de marches qui, dans un bâtiment, servent pour monter ou descendre. 2. Voie piétonne constituée d’un ensemble de marches.
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.
Forms of escalier
- escaliers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escalier?
- /ɛs.ka.lje/
- \ɛs.ka.lje\
- [ɛs.ka.lje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escalier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escalier in French?
escalier appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).