See also: etager

French edit

Etymology edit

From étage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.ta.ʒe/
  • (file)

Verb edit

étager

  1. to layer, to set one above the other
    Les collines, qui s'étageaient en arrière de la côte, se montraient couronnées d'arbres verts, parmi lesquels le pin dominait. (Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures, 1873)
    Étager des redoutes.
  2. to set in progressive installments
    Étager les paiements.

Conjugation edit

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written étage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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