escar

escar (plural escars)

1. Alternative form of eschar.

Probably borrowed from Ligurian scaro; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐσχάριον (eskhárion). Cognate with Italian squero.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ]

escar m (plural escars)

1. drydock

• escarada
• escarar

From esca +‎ -ar. Cognate with French escher.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ]

escar (first-person singular present esco, first-person singular preterite esquí, past participle escat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (fishing, transitive) to bait (a hook)

   Qui no esca, no pesca.

   He who doesn't bait the hook doesn't fish.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾ]

escar m (plural escars)

1. (archaic) piecework

• “escar”, 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

escar m (plural eskerens)

1. enemy