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scală.

tuning dial (on a radio)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. tuning dial (on a radio)

    feminine
  2. stop over, port of call

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian scala, from Latin scāla, whence the inherited Romanian doublet scară (“stairs, ladder”). Also a doublet of escală and schelă. The older sense was probably taken from Greek σκάλα (skála) (17th century), itself from Italian scala.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.