Masculine
🛡️

scudo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) shield, specifically
  2. (masculine) a broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body
  3. (broadly, masculine) anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection
  4. (figuratively, masculine, poetic) defender, protector
  5. (masculine) the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms
  6. (masculine) a large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock
  7. (historical, masculine) used to designate various monetary units, specifically:
  8. (broadly, historical, masculine) used to designate various monetary units, specifically:
  9. (historical, masculine) used to designate various monetary units, specifically:
  10. (historical, masculine) a 5000-lira banknote
  11. (masculine) a 5-euro banknote

Concepts

shield
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escutcheon
sign
label
🏷️
tag
buckler
coat of arms
plate
signpost
notice
écu
shield
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Synonyms

copertura
B1
protezione
B1
rifugio
B2
targa
B2
blasone
palina
riparo
C1
segnavia
stemma
C2
Translations

Schild
escudo
🛡️
bouclier
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écu
🛡️
escut
🛡️
scutum
escudo
🛡️
schild
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ασπίδα

kalkan
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écusson

escut

adarga
clipeus
Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
scù‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsku.do/
Etymology

From earlier *scuto, from Latin scūtum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), an extension of *sek- (“to cut”).

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