escama

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of escamar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of escamar:

escamar

to scale (remove the scales from a fish)

Lees meer

Sinonieme

escama de peixe

lamela córnea

Vertalings

écaille

squama

schub

Schuppe

escama

scale

scaglia

schilfer

scales

escamas

squama

escata

escama

squame

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/isˈkɐ̃.mɐ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: squāma

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese escama, from Latin squāma (“scale”).