escama
See also: escamá
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
escama f (plural escames)
- scale (of a fish)
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin squāma. Doublet of esquama.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escama f (plural escames)
Further reading edit
- “escama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “escama”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “escama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “escama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escama
- inflection of escamar:
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived form escamar is already attested in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century), from Latin squāma (“scale”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escama m (plural escamas)
- scale (of a fish or reptile)
- peritoneum
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “escama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “escama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “escama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “escama” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escama” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escama
- inflection of escamar:
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin squāmam, accusative of squāma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escama f (plural escamas)
- scale (of a fish or reptile)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: escama
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese escama, from Latin squāma (“scale”).
Noun edit
escama f (plural escamas)
- scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
escama
- inflection of escamar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Spanish escama, from Latin squāma. Cognate with English squama and squame.
Noun edit
escama f (plural escamas)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
escama
- inflection of escamar:
Further reading edit
- “escama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014