escale
See also: escalé
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scala, itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), from Latin scāla. Doublet of échelle, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Noun
escale f (plural escales)
Further reading
- “escale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
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 escaille (“scale”).
Noun
escale oblique singular, f (oblique plural escales, nominative singular escale, nominative plural escales)
- shell (hard outer covering)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
escale
- first-person singular present subjunctive of escalar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of escalar
- third-person singular imperative of escalar
Spanish
Verb
escale
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