escalope

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escalope. Compare scallop.

Noun

Sable three escalopes argent

escalope (plural escalopes)

1. A thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
2. (heraldry) A charge (depiction) of the scallop.

Synonyms

• scallop

Translations

thin slice of meat

• Catalan: escalopa
• Finnish: leike (fi)
• French: escalope (fr) f
• Italian: scaloppa (it) f, fettina f
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• Japanese: 薄切り肉 (usugiriniku)
• Russian: эскало́п (ru) m (eskalóp)
• Spanish: escalope m

Anagrams

• opalesce

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ka.lɔp/

Noun

escalope f (plural escalopes)

1. an escalope, a thin slice of meat

Further reading

• “escalope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

From Old French escale, from Frankish *skallija. Doublet of écaille (“scale”).

Noun

escalope oblique singular, f (oblique plural escalopes, nominative singular escalope, nominative plural escalopes)

1. shell (hard outer covering)

Descendants

• English: escalope, scallop
• French: escalope
• Norman: scalope (Jersey)