étau

French

A vise / vice

Etymology

From Old Frankish *stok.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.to/
Audio (Nancy, France) (file)

Noun

étau m (plural étaux)

vice (UK), vise (US)
(figuratively) noose
L'étau se resserre. ― The noose is tightening.

Further reading

“étau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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