escale
See also: escalé
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian scala, itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), from Latin scāla. Doublet of échelle, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escale f (plural escales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “escale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology edit
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 edit
escale oblique singular, f (oblique plural escales, nominative singular escale, nominative plural escales)
- shell (hard outer covering)
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Verb edit
escale
- inflection of escalar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
escale
- inflection of escalar: