escale

See also: escalé

French

Etymology

From Occitan escala, or Italian scala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kal/
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Noun

escale f (plural escales)

1. port of call
2. stopover

Further reading

• “escale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• écales, écalés, lacées

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Old French

Alternative forms

• eschale

Noun

escale oblique singular, f (oblique plural escales, nominative singular escale, nominative plural escales)

1. shell (hard outer covering)

Descendants

• French: écale

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Portuguese

Verb

escale

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of escalar
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present subjunctive of escalar
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular imperative of escalar

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Spanish

Verb

escale

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of escalar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of escalar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of escalar.