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Let \\(\\Gamma_ K\\) be the Galois group of a separable closure of \\(K\\). Let \\(E\\) be an \u00e9tale commutative \\(K\\)-algebra of rank \\(n\\) and \\(d_ E\\) its discriminant. Let \\(w_ 2(Q_ E)\\) be the Witt invariant of the quadratic form \\(Q_ E(x)=Tr_{E/K}(x^ 2)\\). Let \\(e: \\Gamma_ K\\to S_ n\\) be the homomorphism defined by \\(E\\), up to conjugation, where \\(S_ n\\) is the permutation group of n letters. Let \\(s_ n\\in H^ 2(S_ n,{\\mathbb{Z}}/2{\\mathbb{Z}})\\) be the second Stiefel-Whitney class of the vector bundle over the classifying space of \\(S_ n\\) associated to the representation of \\(S_ n\\) in the orthogonal group \\(O_ n({\\mathbb{R}})\\). The main theorem of this paper asserts that \\(w_ 2(Q_ E)=e^*(s_ n)+(2,d_ E)\\) as elements of \\(\\text{Br}_ 2(K)\\simeq H^ 2(\\Gamma_ K,{\\mathbb{Z}}/2{\\mathbb{Z}}).\\)    Let \\(\\tilde S_ n\\) be the extension of \\(S_ n\\) with kernel \\({\\mathbb{Z}}/2{\\mathbb{Z}}\\) defined by \\(s_ n\\). Since \\(e^*(s_ n)\\) can be viewed as the obstruction to an embedding problem defined from the exact sequence \\(1\\to {\\mathbb{Z}}/2{\\mathbb{Z}}\\to \\tilde S_ n\\to S_ n\\to 1\\), the theorem shows how the computation of this obstruction is related to the computation of the Witt invariant of the quadratic form \\(Q_ E\\). Some examples and applications are given. In particular, extensions of degree 4 or 5 and extensions defined by polynomials of the type \\(X^ n+aX+b\\) are considered. 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