Usage Note
Étage means a floor of a building above the ground floor — le premier étage in France is the British first floor (one level up), not the ground floor, which is le rez-de-chaussée. This is a common source of confusion for English speakers. A immeuble de six étages has six floors above the ground level.
Examples
"Mon bureau est au troisième étage."
Natural Translation
My office is on the third floor.
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