escata

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Probably from a Vulgar Latin *scatta, attested as scatus, squato and squatam, of unknown origin. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈka.ta] ==== Noun ==== escata f (plural escates) scale (of an animal or insect) Synonym: escama ==== See also ==== esquama ==== Further reading ==== “escata”, 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 “escata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== escata inflection of escatar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Occitan == === Etymology === Probably from a Vulgar Latin *scatta, attested as scatus, squato and squatam, of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === === Noun === escata f (plural escatas) scale (of an animal, etc.) (by extension) link (in armor) ==== Synonyms ==== (scale): escama ==== Related terms ==== escatar