écale

See also: écalé and êcale

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French escale, 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 écaille (“scale”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kal/
  • Rhymes: -al
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Noun

écale f (plural écales)

  1. husk
  2. pod
  3. shell (of nut)
  4. (Louisiana) fish scale

Verb

écale

  1. inflection of écaler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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