la
feminine
/esˈkala/
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Translation
scale; ladder; stopover
Word origin
From Latin scala ('ladder, staircase, flight of steps'), from scandere ('to climb').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- scala
- English cognates
- scale, escalate
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralescalas
Examples
.
The map is at a scale of one to one hundred thousand.
Madrid.
The flight has a stopover in Madrid.
.
He climbed up the ladder to the roof.
.
We measure the pain on a scale from one to ten.
gran .
The company produces on a large scale.
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