escale

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See also: escalé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scala, itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), from Latin scāla. Doublet of échelle, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.kal/
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Noun

escale f (plural escales)

  1. port of call
  2. stopover

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Old French

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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)

  1. shell (hard outer covering)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: écale
  • → Middle English: scale

Portuguese

Verb

escale

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

Spanish

Verb

escale

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