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The French word for stilt is
échasse





stilt

Plural

The plural of échasse is échasses.

French Definition


stilt
     1. n. Échasse, long bâton pour se percher.
     2. n. Pilotis, long pilier soutenant une structure au-dessus de l'eau.
     3. n. (Oiseaux) Échasse, oiseau de l'ordre des Échassiers.
     4. n. (Labourage) Mancheron d'araire ou de charrue.

Translations for stilt and their definitions

échasse ©
     1. n-f. stilt (piece of wood used to appear taller)
     2. n-f. (ornithology) One of a number of stilt birds, not always directly corresponding to m+, stilt


pilotis
     1. n-m. (architecture) piloti


échassier
     1. n-m. stiltwalker
     2. n-m. any of a number of wading birds. (Note that this does not always directly correspond to English wading bird.)


mancheron
     1. n-m. mancheron
     2. n-m. stilt


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