scală

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian scala, from Latin scāla, whence the inherited Romanian doublet scară (stairs, ladder). Also a doublet of escală and schelă. The older sense was probably taken from Greek σκάλα (skála) (17th century), itself from Italian scala.

Noun

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scală f (plural scale)

  1. tuning dial (on a radio)
  2. (archaic) stop over, port of call

Declension

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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (o) scală scala (niște) scale scalele
genitive/dative (unei) scale scalei (unor) scale scalelor
vocative scală, scalo scalelor

Synonyms

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