escaiola

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The GDLC derive it from Mozarabic 'iškaylûla, diminutive of escalla, from Late Latin scandula (“type of wheat”). (Compare Spanish escanda (“emmer wheat”).) The DCVB derive it from Late Latin ēscāriola (“endive plant”), also the source of Catalan escarola.

Noun

escaiola f (plural escaioles)

  1. (botany) canary grass

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian scagliola.

Noun

escaiola f (plural escaioles)

  1. (architecture) scagliola
  2. (architecture) plaster, render
    Synonym: guix

Further reading

  1. ^ “escaiola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  2. ^ “escaiola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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