la

feminine

/e.tap/

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Translation

step, stage

Word origin

From Old French estaple ('market, staple, trading post'), borrowed from Middle Dutch stapel ('storehouse, emporium'). The sense moved from a depot on a route to a stage of a journey.

Origin: Germanic
Root: stapel
English cognates: staple

Grammar

Genderfeminine

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Examples

C' .

This is an important stage of my life.

l' .

We are moving on to the next step.

Each stage requires a lot of work.

The first step is the most difficult.

We made a stop in Paris.

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This word is part of lesson 37.