échapper.
to escape (from), evade
Meaning & usage
to escape (from), evade
échapper à la mort
échapper des mains de quelqu'un
to drop an object unintentionally
Tu as échappé ta tuque.
to escape, break out (e.g., from prison)
to go away, run away
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Doublet of escaper.
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