étrier
French, noun/e.tʁi.je/
étrier is spelled É-T-R-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étrier is a French masculine noun meaning “stirrup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacun des anneaux ovales, de fer ou d’autre métal, suspendus de chaque côté de la selle par une courroie…”.
What does étrier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestirrup
- 2
masculinestirrup bone, stapes
- 3
masculinestirrup, étrier (UK)
- 4
masculinecaliper (part of a brake)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacun des anneaux ovales, de fer ou d’autre métal, suspendus de chaque côté de la selle par une courroie appelée étrivière et qui servent à supporter le pied du cavalier. 2. Tout dispositif semblable dont la fonction est d’appuyer le pied. 3. Nom donné aux parties d’un objet dont la forme rappelle celle d’un étrier. 4. Bandage dont on se sert pour les plaies du pied.
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 étrier
- étriers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étrier?
- /e.tʁi.je/
- \e.tʁi.je\
- [e.tʁi.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étrier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étrier in French?
étrier appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).