écaille

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See also: écaillé

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escaille, from Old French escaille (“scale”), 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 Italian scaglia. Doublet of écale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kaj/ ~ /e.kɑj/
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Noun

écaille f (plural écailles)

  1. scale (of fish, reptile etc.)
  2. shell (of tortoise, oyster)
  3. tortoiseshell (manufacturing material)

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