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Catalan
Etymology
Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha.
Pronunciation
Noun
escotilla f (plural escotilles)
- (nautical) hatch, hatchway
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eskoˈtiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /eskoˈtiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskoˈtiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskoˈtiʒa/
- Syllabification: es‧co‧ti‧lla
Noun
escotilla f (plural escotillas)
- hatch
- airlock
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