"scala" meaning in Latin

See scala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈskaː.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈskaː.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From *skand-slā, from scandō. Head templates: {{la-noun|scāla<1>}} scāla f (genitive scālae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scāla<1>}} Forms: scāla [canonical, feminine], scālae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], scāla [nominative, singular], scālae [nominative, plural], scālae [genitive, singular], scālārum [genitive, plural], scālae [dative, singular], scālīs [dative, plural], scālam [accusative, singular], scālās [accusative, plural], scālā [ablative, singular], scālīs [ablative, plural], scāla [singular, vocative], scālae [plural, vocative]
  1. ladder Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-scala-la-noun-VgWlFqfr
  2. (plural only) stairs (flight of steps) Tags: declension-1, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-scala-la-noun-m9Q5aES1 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 43 57
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "iscala",
            "3": "issala",
            "4": "scaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: iscala, issala, scaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: iscala, issala, scaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "scarã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: scarã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: scarã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "scară"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: scară",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: scară"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scala\n→ Catalan: escala\n→ German: Skala\n→ Polish: skala\n→ French: escale\n→ Romanian: escală\n→ Portuguese: escala\n→ Romanian: scală\n→ Spanish: escala\n→ Turkish: iskele\n→ Albanian: skelë\n→ Serbo-Croatian: skela\n→ Romanian: schelă",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: scala\n→ Catalan: escala\n→ German: Skala\n→ Polish: skala\n→ French: escale\n→ Romanian: escală\n→ Portuguese: escala\n→ Romanian: scală\n→ Spanish: escala\n→ Turkish: iskele\n→ Albanian: skelë\n→ Serbo-Croatian: skela\n→ Romanian: schelă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scalo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: scalo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: scalo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "scała"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: scała",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: scała"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "scjale",
            "3": "sčhale"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: scjale, sčhale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: scjale, sčhale"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "stgala",
            "3": "scala",
            "4": "stgeala"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: stgala, scala, stgeala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: stgala, scala, stgeala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "èchiéla"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: èchiéla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: èchiéla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "eschele"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: eschele, eschale, eskele\nBourguignon: échaule\nFrench: échelle\nLorrain: schaule\nNorman: équielle, éqùile (continental Normandy), étchelle (Guernsey), êtchelle (Jersey), ekyel (Sark)\nPicard: ékèle (Somme), ékièle (Artois and Eastern Picard)\nWalloon: schåle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: eschele, eschale, eskele\nBourguignon: échaule\nFrench: échelle\nLorrain: schaule\nNorman: équielle, éqùile (continental Normandy), étchelle (Guernsey), êtchelle (Jersey), ekyel (Sark)\nPicard: ékèle (Somme), ékièle (Artois and Eastern Picard)\nWalloon: schåle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*scālata",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *scālata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *scālata"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "escaada"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: escaada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: escaada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escada"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: escada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escada"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: escada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shkallë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shkallë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shkallë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "σκάλα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: σκάλα (skála)\nGreek: σκάλα (skála)\n→ Macedonian: скала (skala)\n→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܠܐ (sqālā)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: σκάλα (skála)\nGreek: σκάλα (skála)\n→ Macedonian: скала (skala)\n→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܠܐ (sqālā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "schaal",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: schaal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: schaal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "სკალა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: სკალა (sḳala)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: სკალა (sḳala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "scála",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: scála",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: scála"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "scale",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "ladder"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: scale, skale, schale\nEnglish: scale\n→ Japanese: スケール (sukēru)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: scale, skale, schale\nEnglish: scale\n→ Japanese: スケール (sukēru)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шкала",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шкала (škala)\n→ Kazakh: шкала (şkala)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шкала (škala)\n→ Kazakh: шкала (şkala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "shi",
            "2": "taskala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tashelhit: taskala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tashelhit: taskala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ysgol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ysgol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ysgol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *skand-slā, from scandō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scāla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "scāla f (genitive scālae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scāla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ladder"
      ],
      "id": "en-scala-la-noun-VgWlFqfr",
      "links": [
        [
          "ladder",
          "ladder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stairs (flight of steps)"
      ],
      "id": "en-scala-la-noun-m9Q5aES1",
      "links": [
        [
          "stairs",
          "stairs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) stairs (flight of steps)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskaː.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scala"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "iscala",
            "3": "issala",
            "4": "scaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: iscala, issala, scaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: iscala, issala, scaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "scarã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: scarã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: scarã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "scară"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: scară",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: scară"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scala\n→ Catalan: escala\n→ German: Skala\n→ Polish: skala\n→ French: escale\n→ Romanian: escală\n→ Portuguese: escala\n→ Romanian: scală\n→ Spanish: escala\n→ Turkish: iskele\n→ Albanian: skelë\n→ Serbo-Croatian: skela\n→ Romanian: schelă",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: scala\n→ Catalan: escala\n→ German: Skala\n→ Polish: skala\n→ French: escale\n→ Romanian: escală\n→ Portuguese: escala\n→ Romanian: scală\n→ Spanish: escala\n→ Turkish: iskele\n→ Albanian: skelë\n→ Serbo-Croatian: skela\n→ Romanian: schelă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scalo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: scalo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: scalo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "scała"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: scała",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: scała"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "scjale",
            "3": "sčhale"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: scjale, sčhale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: scjale, sčhale"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "stgala",
            "3": "scala",
            "4": "stgeala"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: stgala, scala, stgeala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: stgala, scala, stgeala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "scala"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "èchiéla"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: èchiéla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: èchiéla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "eschele"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: eschele, eschale, eskele\nBourguignon: échaule\nFrench: échelle\nLorrain: schaule\nNorman: équielle, éqùile (continental Normandy), étchelle (Guernsey), êtchelle (Jersey), ekyel (Sark)\nPicard: ékèle (Somme), ékièle (Artois and Eastern Picard)\nWalloon: schåle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: eschele, eschale, eskele\nBourguignon: échaule\nFrench: échelle\nLorrain: schaule\nNorman: équielle, éqùile (continental Normandy), étchelle (Guernsey), êtchelle (Jersey), ekyel (Sark)\nPicard: ékèle (Somme), ékièle (Artois and Eastern Picard)\nWalloon: schåle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "escala"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*scālata",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *scālata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *scālata"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "escaada"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: escaada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: escaada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escada"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: escada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escada"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: escada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shkallë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shkallë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shkallë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "σκάλα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: σκάλα (skála)\nGreek: σκάλα (skála)\n→ Macedonian: скала (skala)\n→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܠܐ (sqālā)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: σκάλα (skála)\nGreek: σκάλα (skála)\n→ Macedonian: скала (skala)\n→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܠܐ (sqālā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "schaal",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: schaal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: schaal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: scala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: scala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "სკალა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: სკალა (sḳala)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: სკალა (sḳala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "scála",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: scála",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: scála"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "scale",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "ladder"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: scale, skale, schale\nEnglish: scale\n→ Japanese: スケール (sukēru)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: scale, skale, schale\nEnglish: scale\n→ Japanese: スケール (sukēru)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: escala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: escala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шкала",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шкала (škala)\n→ Kazakh: шкала (şkala)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шкала (škala)\n→ Kazakh: шкала (şkala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "shi",
            "2": "taskala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tashelhit: taskala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tashelhit: taskala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ysgol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ysgol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ysgol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *skand-slā, from scandō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scāla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scāla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "scāla f (genitive scālae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scāla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ladder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ladder",
          "ladder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stairs (flight of steps)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stairs",
          "stairs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) stairs (flight of steps)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskaː.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scala"
}

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