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étagère [ey-tah-zhair, ey-tuh-; French ey-ta-zher] ExamplesWord Origin 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 Examples from the Web for etagere Historical Examples of etagere
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
The lustres of the chandelier are bright, and clusters of rubies leap in the bohemian glasses on the ‘etagere’.
Amy Lowell
British Dictionary definitions for etagere étagère noun
- a stand with open shelves for displaying ornaments, etc
Word Origin for étagère C19: from French, from étage shelf; see stage Word Origin and History for etagere n.
1858, from French étagère (15c.), from étage “shelf, story, abode, stage, floor” (11c., Old French estage), from Vulgar Latin *staticum, from Latin statio “station, post, residence” (see station (n.)).