caeliscalpium

== Latin == === Etymology === Calque of English skyscraper, from caelum (“sky”) +‎ scalpō (“to scratch”) +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kae̯.lɪsˈkaɫ.pi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃe.lisˈkal.pi.um] === Noun === caeliscalpium n (genitive caeliscalpiī); second declension (Contemporary Latin) skyscraper ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).