escaire

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from escairar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkaj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaj.ɾe]

Noun

escaire m (plural escaires)

1. set square
2. right angle
3. (sports) corner

Derived terms

• fals escaire

Further reading

• “escaire” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Verb

escaire

1. inflection of escairar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /es.kaˈiː.re/, [ɛs̠käˈiːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es.kaˈi.re/, [eskäˈiːre]

Verb

escaīre

1. present active infinitive of escaiō

Occitan

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *excadĕre (“fall out”). Compare Catalan escaure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkajɾe/

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Noun

escaire

1. to happen, occur

Dialectal variants

• escàser
• escàder (Gascon)