scala

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scāla (“ladder”).

Noun

scala (plural scalas or scalae)

1. Ladder; sequence.
2. (anatomy) Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear.
3. A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Calas, Casal, calas, casal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈska.la/

Noun

scala (plural scalas)

1. staircase

Etymology 1

From Latin scāla (“stair, staircase, ladder”)

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• lasca

Etymology

From *skand-slā, from scandō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskaː.la/, [ˈskaː.ɫa]

Noun

scāla f (genitive scālae); first declension

1. ladder
2. (plural only) stairs (flight of steps)

Further reading

• scala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• scala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to apply scaling-ladders: scalas admovere (B. C. 3. 63)
    
  • to scale the walls by means of ladders: positis scalis muros ascendere
    
• scala in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• scala in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skalō (“shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, part, divide”).

Noun

scala f

1. shell
2. scale (dish of balance)
3. bowl