scaglia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scaglia (“a scale, a shell, a chip of marble”). Doublet of scale and shell.
Noun
scaglia (uncountable)
- A reddish variety of limestone.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskaʎ.ʎa/
- Rhymes: -aʎʎa
- Hyphenation: scà‧glia
Etymology 1
From Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Compare French écaille.
Noun
scaglia f (plural scaglie)
- (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
- Synonym: squama
- flake, sliver
- splinter
- Synonym: scheggia
Derived terms
- scagliola
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
scaglia
- inflection of scagliare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative