escotilla

== Catalan == === Etymology === Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kuˈti.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈti.ʎa] === Noun === escotilla f (plural escotilles) (nautical) hatch, hatchway ==== See also ==== trapa === Further reading === “escotilla”, 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 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: es‧co‧ti‧lla === Noun === escotilla f (plural escotillas) hatch airlock ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “escotilla”, 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