escale
See also: escalé
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scala, itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), from Latin scāla. Doublet of échelle, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kal/
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Noun
escale f (plural escales)
- port of call
- stopover
Derived terms
- faire escale
Further reading
- “escale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- écales, écalés, lacées
Old French
Alternative forms
- eschale
Etymology
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 escaille (“scale”).
Noun
escale f (oblique plural escales, nominative singular escale, nominative plural escales)
- shell (hard outer covering)
Derived terms
- escalope
Descendants
- French: écale
- → Middle English: scale
- English: scale
- Yola: skaulès (plural)
Portuguese
Verb
escale
- inflection of escalar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
escale
- inflection of escalar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative