écale

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See also: écalé and êcale

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French escale, from Frankish *skala or another Old High German source skala /scāla. Cf. Proto-Germanic *skaljō, Frankish *skallija. Ultimately of the same source as the doublet écaille (scale).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /e.kal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

écale f (plural écales)

  1. husk
  2. pod
  3. shell (of nut)
  4. (Louisiana) fish scale

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Verb[edit]

écale

  1. inflection of écaler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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