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 verder

Concepten

schub

schilfer

visschub

Synoniemen

escama de peixe

lamela córnea

Vertalingen

écaille

squama

Schuppe

escama

scale

scaglia

scales

escamas

escata

squama

escama

squame

fish scale

حشرات قشرية

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/isˈkɐ̃.mɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Latijn: squāma

In summary

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