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sentir l'écurie

French, verb/sɑ̃.tiʁ l‿e.ky.ʁi/

sentir l'écurie is a French verb meaning “to get the smell of home in one's nostrils, to know one is on the home run, to know one is nearly arrived, nearly back home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Finir quelque chose rapidement, en comprenant que l'arrivée est proche”.

What does sentir l'écurie mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to get the smell of home in one's nostrils, to know one is on the home run, to know one is nearly arrived, nearly back home

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Finir quelque chose rapidement, en comprenant que l'arrivée est proche.

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.

How do you pronounce sentir l'écurie?

  • /sɑ̃.tiʁ l‿e.ky.ʁi/
  • \sɑ̃.tiʁ l‿e.ky.ʁi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.