échappement

From échapper (“to escape”) +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /e.ʃap.mɑ̃/

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échappement m (plural échappements)

1. escape
2. (horlogery) escapement
3. exhaust pipe (of a vehicle)

   Synonyms: (Canada) silencieux, pot d'échappement

• → Egyptian Arabic: شكمان (šakmān, šakamān, “exhaust pipe”)
• → North Levantine Arabic: أشطمان (ʔašṭmān, “exhaust pipe”), أشكمان (ʔaškmān) (Lebanon), أشكمون (ʔaškmōn) (Lebanon)
• → Moroccan Arabic: شاكمة (šāgma, “exhaust pipe”)

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