escape
French, noun/ɛs.kap/
escape is spelled E-S-C-A-P-E (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escape is a French feminine noun meaning “escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base”.
What does escape mean in English?
adjective
- 1
escape
noun
- 1
feminineescape
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base. 2. Adoucissement servant à raccorder le fût d'une colonne au filet situé à sa base. 3. Fût d’une colonne, de la base au chapiteau.
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 escape
- escapes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escape?
- /ɛs.kap/
- \ɛs.kap\
- [ɛs.kap]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escape in French?
escape appears 1.5 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).