écurie
French
Etymology
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Middle French escuyrie
French écurie
Inherited from Middle French escuyrie f, from Old French esquierie, escurie f. By surface analysis, écuyer m + -erie f.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ky.ʁi/
Audio: (file)
Noun
écurie f (plural écuries)
- stable
- Synonym: étable f
- (figuratively) pigsty (messy place)
- (motor racing) constructor
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- entrer comme dans une écurie
- sentir l'écurie
- valet d'écurie m
Related terms
- écu m
Descendants
- English: ecurie
- → Turkish: eküri
Further reading
- “écurie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.