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单词 étagère
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étagère

[ ey-tah-zhair, ey-tuh-; French ey-ta-zher ]
/ ˌeɪ tɑˈʒɛər, ˌeɪ tə-; French eɪ taˈʒɛr /

noun, plural é·ta·gères [ey-tah-zhairz; ey-tuh-; French ey-ta-zher]. /ˌeɪ tɑˈʒɛərz; ˌeɪ tə-; French eɪ taˈʒɛr/.

a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
Also e·ta·gere [ey-tah-zhair, ey-tuh-]. /ˌeɪ tɑˈʒɛər, ˌeɪ tə-/.

Origin of étagère

Borrowed into English from French around 1850–55

Words nearby étagère

eta, Eta Carinae, eta-c meson, eta-c particle, etaerio, étagère, e-tail, e-tailing, et al., etalon, eta meson
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Example sentences from the Web for étagère

  • The lustres of the chandelier are bright, and clusters of rubies leap in the bohemian glasses on the 'etagere'.

    Men, Women and Ghosts|Amy Lowell

  • Not a single chair, table, sofa, etagere or console had been left in the state rooms of the Intendencia.

    Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard|Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for étagère

étagère
/ French (etaʒɛr) /

noun

a stand with open shelves for displaying ornaments, etc

Word Origin for étagère

C19: from French, from étage shelf; see stage
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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