"esca" meaning in Italian

See esca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈes.ka/ Forms: esche [plural]
Rhymes: -eska Etymology: From Latin ēsca. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:ēsca}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "esca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="esca">, {{inh|it|la|ēsca}} Latin ēsca Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} esca f (plural esche)
  1. (obsolete) (animal) food Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-9wA9J64a
  2. (obsolete, uncommon, also figurative) food Tags: also, feminine, figuratively, obsolete, uncommon
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-wfAmWC~m
  3. bait, lure (anything used to catch animals) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-IWJc3khn Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 5 5 29 26 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 4 31 24 19 19
  4. (figurative) bait, lure (anything that allures or attracts) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-oWysNjCH Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 5 5 29 26 18 18
  5. (figurative) decoy Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-veuboir4 Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 5 5 29 26 18 18
  6. tinder Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-esca-it-noun-yl6LuTEG Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 5 5 29 26 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adescare, inescare, innescare
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛs.ka/
Rhymes: -ɛska Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} esca
  1. inflection of uscire:
    first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: uscire
    Sense id: en-esca-it-verb-z2NHTrPW Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 2 1 1 18 4 4 3 16 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 13 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 13 12 7 5 43 16
  2. inflection of uscire:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: uscire
    Sense id: en-esca-it-verb-OUHBoHFV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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