"étai" meaning in French

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  "etymology_text": "From Old French estai, from Old English stæġ (“rope, stay”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą. More at stay.",
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      "form": "étais",
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "orig": "fr:Nautical",
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      "glosses": [
        "a stay"
      ],
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          "stay",
          "stay"
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        "(nautical) a stay"
      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "transport"
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      "ipa": "/e.tɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.te/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaient"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "était"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "été (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "atay"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French estaie, from Old French atay, escai, *estai, of Germanic origin. More at stay.",
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      "glosses": [
        "stay, prop, strut, support"
      ],
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          "stay",
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          "prop",
          "prop"
        ],
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          "strut",
          "strut"
        ],
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          "support",
          "support"
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      "ipa": "/e.tɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.te/"
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      "homophone": "étaie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaient"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "était"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "été (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "a stay"
      ],
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          "stay",
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        "(nautical) a stay"
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      "ipa": "/e.tɛ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/e.te/"
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      "homophone": "étaie"
    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "étaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étais"
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      "homophone": "été (some speakers)"
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      ],
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          "stay",
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          "prop",
          "prop"
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          "strut",
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          "support",
          "support"
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      "ipa": "/e.tɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.te/"
    },
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      "homophone": "étaie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaient"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "étais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "était"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "été (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
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