écaille

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French escaille, from Old French escaille (“scale”), from Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Compare Italian scaglia. Doublet of écale. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kaj/ ~ /e.kɑj/ === Noun === écaille f (plural écailles) scale (of fish, reptile etc.) shell (of tortoise, oyster) tortoiseshell (manufacturing material) ==== Derived terms ==== écaille de tortue === Further reading === “écaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === caillée