escalier

Meaning

1. step, stair
2. staircase

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛs.ka.lje/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escallier, borrowed (through written form) from Occitan escalier, from Late Latin scālārium (attested in some inscriptions), from substantivation of a plural of scālāris, from Latin scāla (“ladder”), with the locative suffix -ārium. Replaced the older French degrés and montée in this sense.

Sentences

Un vieil escalier de bois occupe la tour ronde du Sud .

An old wooden staircase occupies the southern round tower.