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/

• audio:

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Noun

escale f (plural escales)

1. port of call
2. 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

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

1. shell (hard outer covering)

Descendants

• French: écale
• → Middle English: scale
  • English: scale
  • Yola: skaulès (plural)

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Portuguese

Verb

escale

1. inflection of escalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Verb

escale

1. inflection of escalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative