scaglia
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian scaglia (“a scale, a shell, a chip of marble”). Doublet of scale and shell.
Noun edit
scaglia (uncountable)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Compare French écaille, Sicilian scagghia.
Noun edit
scaglia f (plural scaglie)
- (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
- Synonym: squama
- flake, sliver
- splinter
- Synonym: scheggia
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
scaglia
- inflection of scagliare: