estafette

English

Alternative forms

• estafet

Etymology

Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”).

Noun

estafette (plural estafettes)

1. (obsolete) A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta. First attested in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.taːˈfɛ.tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧fet‧te

Noun

estafette f (plural estafettes, diminutive estafettetje n)

1. relay race

Derived terms

• estafettedienst
• estafetteloop
• estafetteloper
• estafettemarathon
• estafetteploeg
• estafettestaking
• estafettestok
• fietsestafette
• zwemestafette

Descendants

• → West Frisian: estafette
• → Indonesian: estafet

French

Etymology

From Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ta.fɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

estafette f (plural estafettes)

1. courier
2. (military) dispatch rider

Descendants

• → Dutch: estafette
  • → West Frisian: estafette
  • → Indonesian: estafet
• → English: estafette
• → Moroccan Arabic: سطافيط (sṭāfīṭ)
• → Russian: эстафета (estafeta)
  • → Azerbaijani: estafet
  • → Crimean Tatar: estafeta
  • → Georgian: ესტაფეტა (esṭapeṭa)
  • → Kyrgyz: эстафета (estafeta)
  • → Lithuanian: estafètė

Further reading

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