escamot

== Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain, perhaps from Old Catalan escabot, from Occitan escabel, from Latin scabellum (“footstool”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [əs.kəˈmo̞t] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əs.kəˈmɔt] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.kaˈmɔt] Rhymes: -ɔt === Noun === escamot m (plural escamots) small flock, herd Synonym: ramat (military, law enforcement) squad escamot d'execució ― execution squad (cycling) peloton === References === === Further reading === “escamot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “escamot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “escamot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escamot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)