esca

Meaning

1. (collective, declension-1) food
2. (collective, declension-1) food
3. (collective, declension-1) fodder
4. (collective, declension-1) fodder
5. (collective, declension-1) fuel, especially firewood
6. (collective, declension-1) fuel, especially firewood

Concepts

bait

food

🍽️

catchword

dish

trap

🪤

honeypot

Synonyms

cibus

🍽️

cena

alimentum

🍽️

cibaria

pulmentum

pābulum

Translations

esca

leurre

isca

δόλωμα

cebo

yemek

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Essen

menjar

مَأْكَل

Nahrung

Speise

τροφή

φαγητό

Lebensmittel

aliment

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈeːs.ka]

Etymology

For Proto-Italic *ēsskā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēd-s-keh₂, from *h₁ed- (“eat”), the root of edō (“eat”). Judging by Lithuanian ėskà (“food, fodder”), the long vowel is of PIE origin, but despite this often cited as an example of Lachmann's lengthening.