scală

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scală

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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 scale · scală · scala · scalele

feminine tuning dial (on a radio)
archaic, feminine stop over, port of call
Similar: escală

In English

dial graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves

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@misc{scala_2026,
  title = {scală},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/scal%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}