escalope
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French escalope. Doublet of scallop.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskəˌlɒp/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛskəˈloʊp/, /ˈɛskəˌloʊp/
=== Noun ===
escalope (plural escalopes)
A thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
Synonym: scallop
(heraldry) A charge (depiction) of the scallop.
==== Translations ====
=== Further reading ===
escalope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
=== Anagrams ===
opalesce
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old French escalope.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.lɔp/
=== Noun ===
escalope f (plural escalopes)
escalope (thin slice of meat)
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: escalopa
→ English: escalope
→ Portuguese: escalope
→ Spanish: escalope
=== Further reading ===
“escalope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Old French ==
=== Etymology ===
Supposedly a blend of escale (“scallop”) + enveloppe (“envelope”).
=== Noun ===
escalope oblique singular, f (oblique plural escalopes, nominative singular escalope, nominative plural escalopes)
shell (hard outer covering)
==== Descendants ====
English: escalope, scallop
French: escalope
Norman: scalope (Jersey)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French escalope.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lo‧pe
=== Noun ===
escalope m (plural escalopes)
(cooking) escalope (thin slice of meat)
=== Further reading ===
“escalope”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escalope”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French escalope.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eskaˈlope/ [es.kaˈlo.pe]
Rhymes: -ope
Syllabification: es‧ca‧lo‧pe
=== Noun ===
escalope f (plural escalopes)
escalope
=== Further reading ===
“escalope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025