See descale on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "descaler"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "undescaled"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "de-",
"4": "scale",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *skend-der.\nProto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\nProto-Italic *skand-slā\nLatin scālabor.\nMiddle English scale\nEnglish scale\nEnglish descale\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"of\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*de\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*déh₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*dē\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"de-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"ladder\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*skand-slā\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*skend-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"scāla\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"scale\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"scale\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"descale\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"descale\">\nFrom de- + scale.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *skend-der.\nProto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\nProto-Italic *skand-slā\nLatin scālabor.\nMiddle English scale\nEnglish scale\nEnglish descale\nFrom de- + scale.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "descales",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "descaling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "descaled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "descaled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "descale (third-person singular simple present descales, present participle descaling, simple past and past participle descaled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc."
],
"id": "en-descale-en-verb-C3Pc9Pp3",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"surface",
"surface"
],
[
"metal",
"metal"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 74",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 71",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 75",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove the scales from a fish etc."
],
"id": "en-descale-en-verb-weaRlu3c",
"links": [
[
"fish",
"fish"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scale"
},
{
"word": "unscale"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qùlín",
"sense": "remove the scales from a fish",
"word": "去鱗 /去鳞"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "remove the scales from a fish",
"word": "entschuppen"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qùgòu",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "去垢"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "détartrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "désincruster"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "entkalken"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"lang_code": "lb",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "entkalleken"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "descalcificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 46",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
}
],
"word": "descale"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skend-",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *de",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *déh₁",
"English terms prefixed with de-",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "descaler"
},
{
"word": "undescaled"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "de-",
"4": "scale",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *skend-der.\nProto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\nProto-Italic *skand-slā\nLatin scālabor.\nMiddle English scale\nEnglish scale\nEnglish descale\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"of\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*de\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*déh₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*dē\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"de-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"ladder\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*skand-slā\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*skend-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"scāla\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"scale\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"scale\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"descale\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"descale\">\nFrom de- + scale.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *skend-der.\nProto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂\nProto-Italic *skand-slā\nLatin scālabor.\nMiddle English scale\nEnglish scale\nEnglish descale\nFrom de- + scale.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "descales",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "descaling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "descaled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "descaled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "descale (third-person singular simple present descales, present participle descaling, simple past and past participle descaled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc."
],
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"surface",
"surface"
],
[
"metal",
"metal"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To remove the scales from a fish etc."
],
"links": [
[
"fish",
"fish"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scale"
},
{
"word": "unscale"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qùgòu",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "去垢"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "détartrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "désincruster"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "entkalken"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"lang_code": "lb",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "entkalleken"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "descalcificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "remove scale from a boiler",
"word": "desincrustar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qùlín",
"sense": "remove the scales from a fish",
"word": "去鱗 /去鳞"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "remove the scales from a fish",
"word": "entschuppen"
}
],
"word": "descale"
}
Download raw JSONL data for descale meaning in All languages combined (6.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.