schaal

Signification

shell (of an egg or a nut)

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sxaːl/

Étymologie

From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.