étrave

French

Etymology

First known attestation 1573. Borrowed from Old Norse stafn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /etʁav/

Noun

étrave f (plural étraves)

(nautical) stem

Further reading

“étrave” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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