escotilla
Catalan
Etymology
Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əs.kuˈti.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.koˈti.ʎa/
Noun
escotilla f (plural escotilles)
- (nautical) hatch, hatchway
See also
- trapa
Further reading
- “escotilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Noun
escotilla f (plural escotillas)
- hatch
- airlock
Related terms
- escote
Further reading
- “escotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014