"escaille" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: escaille oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], escailles [oblique, plural], escaille [nominative, singular], escailles [nominative, plural], eschaille [alternative], escalle [alternative]
Etymology: From Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Doublet of escale. Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|frk|*skallju|*skallija|t=scale, shell}} Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), {{der|fro|gem-pro|*skaljō||scale, shell, husk}} Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”), {{der|fro|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-||to cut, part, sunder, split, divide}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”), {{doublet|fro|escale}} Doublet of escale Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} escaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural escailles, nominative singular escaille, nominative plural escailles)
  1. scale (flat, hard part of an outer coating)
    Sense id: en-escaille-fro-noun-QFDAEA07 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 14 36 14 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 30 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 20 30
  2. ring or plate of armor
    Sense id: en-escaille-fro-noun-86QBrXpt Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 14 36 14 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 30 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 20 30
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: escaille, eschaille, esquaille, escalle\nFrench: écaille"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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    }
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    }
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          "ring",
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        ],
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        ],
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          "armor",
          "armor"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    "Old French terms derived from Frankish",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    },
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "escaille",
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    },
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    },
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "escaille"
}

Download raw JSONL data for escaille meaning in Old French (2.7kB)

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