étrave

French

Etymology

First known attestation 1573. Borrowed from Old Norse stafn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tʁav/

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Noun

étrave f (plural étraves)

1. (nautical) stem

Further reading

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