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écale.

husk

5 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/e.kal/

  1. husk

    feminine

  2. pod

    feminine

  3. shell (of nut)

    feminine

  4. fish scale

    Louisiana · feminine
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/e.kal/

  1. inflection of écaler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of écaler: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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”).

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