English

Noun

Scala ‎(uncountable)

1. A statically typed functional programming language.

English

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.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈska.la/

Noun

scala ‎(plural scalas)

1. staircase

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

scala f ‎(plural scale)

1. ladder
2. stair
3. scale

Etymology 2

Verb

scala

1. inflection of scalare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• lasca

Latin

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)

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scala”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skælo ‎(“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker- ‎(“shear”).

Noun

scāla f

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

Descendants

• German: Schale