squama

Senso (Inglese)

1. (declension-1) scale (of a fish or reptile)
2. (broadly, declension-1) flake; any item shaped like a scale

Concetti

squama

fiocco di neve

❄️

batuffolo

scaglia

Traduzioni

scale

escama

écaille

Schuppe

Schneeflocke

❄️

flocon

escames

χιονονιφάδα

Flocke

νιφάδα

scales

flother

Schuppen

esquames

escates

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈskʷaː.ma]

Etimologia (Inglese)

Probably related to squālus (“filthy, foul”) or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).