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escala.

stairs

6 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[əsˈka.lə]Balearic, Central, Northern[esˈka.la]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. stairs

    feminine

  2. ladder

    feminine

  3. straight

    feminine

  4. scale, measure

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin scāla.

noun[əsˈka.lə]Balearic, Central, Northern[esˈka.la]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. stopover

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

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