échelle
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See also: echelle
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French eschale, inherited from Latin scāla. Doublet of escale.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
échelle f (plural échelles)
- ladder
- scale, proportion, size
- (figuratively) ladder
- 2000, François Icher, La société médiévale, →ISBN, page 134
- Tout en bas de l'échelle de la corporation jurée, il y a d'abord l'apprenti.
- At the bottom of the corporation ladder, there is the apprentice.
- Tout en bas de l'échelle de la corporation jurée, il y a d'abord l'apprenti.
- 2000, François Icher, La société médiévale, →ISBN, page 134
Further reading[edit]
- “échelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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