étape
French, noun/e.tap/
étape is spelled É-T-A-P-E (5 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written French, the 1,629th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étape is a French feminine noun meaning “stage, stop (on a journey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieux d'arrêt et de repos le long d'un trajet”.
What does étape mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestage, stop (on a journey)
- 2
feminineleg (of race)
- 3
femininestep, stage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieux d'arrêt et de repos le long d'un trajet. 2. La distance entre deux étapes. 3. lieu où l’on s'arrête dans le cours d’un déplacement successif, tel que colonisation, acclimatement, etc. 4. Les étapes de l’humanité, de la civilisation.
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 étape
- étapes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étape?
- /e.tap/
- \e.tap\
- [e.tap]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étape
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étape in French?
étape appears 51 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).