escut

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”). Compare Occitan escut, French écu, Spanish escudo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkut] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkut] === Noun === escut m (plural escuts) shield (heraldry) shield escudo (currency) ==== Related terms ==== escuder === Further reading === “escut”, 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 “escut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “escut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “escut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French escut, from Latin scūtum. === Noun === escut m (plural escuts or escuz) shield ==== Descendants ==== French: écu→ English: écu→ Turkish: ekü == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin scutum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkyt/ === Noun === escut m (plural escuts) (Languedoc) shield ==== Dialectal variants ==== bloquièr bloquier boclèr targa picalhon ==== Derived terms ==== escudièr escudet == Old French == === Alternative forms === escu === Etymology === From Latin scūtum. === Noun === escut oblique singular, m (oblique plural escuz or escutz, nominative singular escuz or escutz, nominative plural escut) shield ==== Derived terms ==== escuchon ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: escutFrench: écu→ English: écu→ Turkish: ekü == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin scūtum. === Noun === escut m (oblique plural escuts, nominative singular escuts, nominative plural escut) shield ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: escut === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “scūtum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 354