"échelle" meaning in All languages combined

See échelle on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /e.ʃɛl/ Audio: Fr-échelle.ogg Forms: échelles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French eschale, inherited from Latin scāla. Doublet of escale. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|eschale|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French eschale, {{inh+|fr|fro|eschale}} Inherited from Old French eschale, {{inh|fr|la|scāla}} Latin scāla, {{doublet|fr|escale}} Doublet of escale Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} échelle f (plural échelles)
  1. ladder Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-échelle-fr-noun-VgWlFqfr Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 41 13 41 4
  2. scale, proportion, size Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-échelle-fr-noun-p7TStO3P Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 41 13 41 4
  3. (figuratively) ladder Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-échelle-fr-noun-VgWlFqfr1 Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 41 13 41 4
  4. (music) scale Tags: feminine Synonyms: gamme
    Sense id: en-échelle-fr-noun-9GmAKjFE Categories (other): Music, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 12 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 7 11 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 6 9 77 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à grande échelle, courte échelle, échelle chromatique, échelle de Beaufort, échelle de corde, échelle de Richter, échelle diatonique, économies d’échelle

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "échelle chromatique"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "échelle de Beaufort"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "échelle de corde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "échelle de Richter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "échelle de corde"
    },
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