l'
/ɛs.ka.lje/
Translation
staircase, stairs
Word origin
From Occitan escalier, from Late Latin scalarium ('flight of steps'), from scala ('ladder, stairway'). English 'scale', 'escalate' and 'escalator' come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- scalarium
- English cognates
- scale, escalate, escalator
Grammar
Examples
L' , l'.
The lift is out of order, let us take the stairs.
l' .
She runs up the stairs four steps at a time.
au .
There is an old wooden staircase at the end of the corridor.
, l' glissantes.
Careful, the steps of the staircase are slippery.
l', .
Our bedroom is at the top of the stairs, on the right.
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