écorce

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French escorce, from Old French escorce, from Latin scortea, feminine noun form of scorteus (“made of skin or leather”). Compare Italian scorza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kɔʁs/ === Noun === écorce f (plural écorces) bark (of a tree) peel (of certain fruits) crust (of the Earth) ==== Derived terms ==== écorcer entre l'arbre et l'écorce ==== Related terms ==== cortiqueux === Verb === écorce inflection of écorcer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “écorce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012