escarper
French, verb/ɛs.kaʁ.pe/
escarper is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-E-R (8 letters). Escarper is a French verb meaning “to steepen, to become steeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couper droit de haut en bas, en parlant d’un rocher, d’une montagne, d’un fossé, d’une route, etc”.
What does escarper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steepen, to become steeper
- 2
to harden, to become more difficult
verb
- 1
slangto escalate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Couper droit de haut en bas, en parlant d’un rocher, d’une montagne, d’un fossé, d’une route, etc. 2. Devenir escarpé, raide, incliné. 3. Assassiner.
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 escarper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- escarpant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- escarpé participle past
- escarpe first-person indicative present
- escarpes indicative present second-person
- escarpons first-person indicative plural
- escarpez indicative plural present
- escarpent indicative plural present
- escarpais first-person imperfect indicative
- escarpait imperfect indicative singular
- escarpions first-person imperfect indicative
- escarpiez imperfect indicative plural
- escarpaient imperfect indicative plural
- escarpai first-person historic indicative
- escarpas historic indicative past
- escarpa historic indicative past
- escarpâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarper?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.pe/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.