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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scala, from Latin scāla. Doublet of échelle, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Noun
escale f (plural escales)
- port of call
- stopover
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Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *skala or another Old High German source skala /scāla. Cf. Proto-Germanic *skaljō, Frankish *skallija. Ultimately of the same source as the doublet escaille (“scale”).
Noun
escale oblique singular, f (oblique plural escales, nominative singular escale, nominative plural escales)
- shell (hard outer covering)
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Portuguese
Verb
escale
- inflection of escalar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
escale
- inflection of escalar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative