écale
Meaning
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- husk
- pod
- shell (of nut)
- fish scale
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kal/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French escale, from Frankish *skala or another Old High German source skala /scāla. Cf. Proto-Germanic *skaljō, Frankish *skallija. Ultimately of the same source as the doublet écaille (“scale”).
New
écaler
to peel, to pare (nuts, shell, egg etc)
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