estafette
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”).
Noun edit
estafette (plural estafettes)
- (obsolete) A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta. First attested in the seventeenth century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estafette f (plural estafettes, diminutive estafettetje n)
Derived terms edit
- estafettedienst
- estafetteloop
- estafetteloper
- estafettemarathon
- estafetteploeg
- estafettestaking
- estafettestok
- fietsestafette
- zwemestafette
Descendants edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estafette f (plural estafettes)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “estafette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.