escotilla

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kuˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈti.ʎa]

Noun

escotilla f (plural escotilles)

1. (nautical) hatch, hatchway

See also

• trapa

Further reading

• “escotilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Spanish

Noun

escotilla f (plural escotillas)

1. hatch
2. airlock

Related terms

• escote

Further reading

• “escotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014