escamot
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Catalan escabot, from Occitan escabel, from Latin scabellum (“footstool”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escamot m (plural escamots)
- small flock, herd
- Synonym: ramat
- (military, law enforcement) squad
- escamot d'execució ― execution squad
- (cycling) peloton
References edit
- ^ “escamot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “escamot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “escamot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “escamot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “escamot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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