escàlem

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scalamus, from scalmus, from Ancient Greek σκαλμός (skalmós, “pin, thole”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka.ləm]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈka.lem]

escàlem m (plural escàlems)

1. thole

• escalamera

• “escàlem”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007