escut

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (to cut, split). Compare Occitan escut, French écu, Spanish escudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkut]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkut]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

escut m (plural escuts)

  1. shield
  2. (heraldry) shield
  3. escudo (currency)

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French escut, from Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut m (plural escuts or escuz)

  1. shield

Descendants

  • French: écu
    • English: écu
    • Turkish: ekü

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin scutum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkyt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

escut m (plural escuts)

  1. (Languedoc) shield

Dialectal variants

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut oblique singularm (oblique plural escuz or escutz, nominative singular escuz or escutz, nominative plural escut)

  1. shield

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: escut
    • French: écu
      • English: écu
      • Turkish: ekü

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut m (oblique plural escuts, nominative singular escuts, nominative plural escut)

  1. shield

Descendants

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