échapper

Meaning

1. to escape (from), evade
2. to drop an object unintentionally
3. to escape, break out (e.g., from prison)
4. to go away, run away

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.ʃa.pe/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Doublet of escaper.

Sentences

Sung-nam, un jeune peintre coréen , doit , pour échapper à une arrestation fuir son pays .

Sung-nam, a young Korean painter, must flee his country to escape arrest.

Clyde et Rani parviennent à échapper de justesse aux robots .

Clyde and Rani manage to barely escape the robots.