écale

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) husk
2. (feminine) pod
3. (feminine) shell (of nut)
4. (Louisiana, feminine) fish scale

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of écaler:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of écaler:

écaler

to peel, to pare (nuts, shell, egg etc)

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Concepts

shell

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husk

shuck

Synonyms

coquille

🐚

cosse

pelure

robe

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Translations

cáscara

closca

Hülse

casca

yemiş kabuğu

buccia

guscio

🐚

riccio

clofolla

schil

clòsc

cascarón

🐚

farfolla

kabuk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.kal/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: escale

Cognate with Frankish: *skallju

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”).