étrier

English

Etymology

From French étrier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪ.tɹi.jeɪ/

Noun

étrier (plural étriers)

1. (climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup.

Anagrams

• Terrie, reiter, retier, retire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estrier, from Old French estrief, estreu (“a ring hanging on each side of the saddle supporting a rider's foot”), from Frankish *streup (“buckle, stirrup”), perhaps for Frankish *stigareip (“stirrup”). Compare Old High German stegareif (“stirrup”), Middle Dutch stegerep (“stirrup”), Old English stīrāp, stiġrāp (“stirrup”), Old Norse stigreip (“stirrup”). See also étrivière. More at stirrup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tʁi.je/

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Noun

étrier m (plural étriers)

1. (equestrianism, medicine) stirrup
2. (anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes
3. (climbing) étrier (UK), stirrup (US)
4. caliper (US), calliper (UK), the part of a brake

Derived terms

• à franc étrier
• boire le vin de l’étrier
• coup de l’étrier

Related terms

• étrivière

Descendants

• → English: étrier
• → Romanian: etrier

Further reading

• “étrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• étirer
• itérer
• retire, retiré