escama

Signification (Anglais)

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)

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Concepts

écaille

flocon

Synonymes

escama de peixe

lamela córnea

Traductions

squama

schub

Schuppe

escama

scale

schilfer

scaglia

scales

squama

escata

escamas

escama

squame

fish scale

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/isˈkɐ̃.mɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de latin: squāma

In summary

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