escamoter

== French == === Etymology === Probably from an old form of Occitan escamotar, from escamar, from Latin squāma (“scale [of a fish]”). Compare Italian squamare (“to scale”). Alternatively from Spanish escamotar, from Latin excommutare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/ === Verb === escamoter (transitive) to conjure away, to make disappear (by extension, transitive) to snatch, to nick Synonym: piquer (transitive) to evade, dodge; to skip (a word, question, etc.) Synonym: esquiver (transitive) to retract (landing gear) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== escamotage escamoteur ==== Descendants ==== → German: eskamotieren === Further reading === “escamoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012