écale

== French == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kal/ Rhymes: -al === Noun === écale f (plural écales) husk pod shell (of nut) (Louisiana) fish scale ==== Related terms ==== escalope === Verb === écale inflection of écaler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “écale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === lacée