escarcelle

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan escarcella, from Italian scarsella (“purse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.sɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

escarcelle f (plural escarcelles)

1. (historical) moneybag (bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money)

Derived terms

• tomber dans l’escarcelle

Further reading

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