établir

Meaning

1. to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.)
2. to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.)
3. to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility)
4. to set (a record)
5. to institute (a rule)
6. to settle down
7. (+ preposition à) to stand at (about a statistic)
8. to colonize
9. to become part of common usage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.ta.bliʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French establir, inherited from Latin stabilīre.