écaille
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle French écaille, from Old French escaille (“scale”), from Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
écaille f (plural écailles)
- scale (of fish, reptile etc.)
- shell (of tortoise, oyster)
- (manufacturing material) tortoiseshell
