casca

See also: Casca, cascà, cascá, Cásca, and căsca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkas.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkas.ka]

Etymology 1

Noun

casca f (plural casques)

1. Synonym of closca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casca

1. inflection of cascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “casca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “casca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “casca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested from the 14th century. Back-formation from cascar (“to peel”), from Vulgar Latin *quassicare, from quassāre.

Noun

casca f (plural cascas)

1. skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 117:

     ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentro

     there are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside

2. bark (of trees)
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

     e da cárrega de palla, un diñeiro e do carro da casqa, duas brancas

     for a load of hay, [they shall pay] a diñeiro, and by a cartload of bark, two brancas

3. shell (of eggs or nuts)
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

     Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo

     For this you must use egg, roasted till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it

4. husk

Synonyms

• tona

Derived terms

• cascón
• cascuda
• casqueiro
• casqueiro

Related terms

• cascar

References

• “casca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “casca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “casca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “casca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “casca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

casca

1. inflection of cascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ska/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: cà‧sca

Verb

casca

1. inflection of cascare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Sacca, Saccà, sacca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cascar (“to peel”).

Noun

casca f (plural cascas)

1. skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)
2. bark (of trees)
3. shell (of eggs or nuts)
4. husk
5. scab

Derived terms

• cascalho

Etymology 2

Verb

casca

1. inflection of cascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaska/ [ˈkas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: cas‧ca

Verb

casca

1. inflection of cascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative