la
feminine
/e.tap/
#1805 of 5,000 Core 5000
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
Pluralétapes
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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