escarcelle
French
Etymology
From Old Occitan escarcella, from Italian scarsella (“purse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.sɛl/
Audio: (file)
Noun
escarcelle f (plural escarcelles)
- (historical) moneybag (bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “escarcelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.