escamot
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, perhaps from Old Catalan escabot, from Occitan escabel, from Latin scabellum (“footstool”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]escamot m (plural escamots)
- small flock, herd
- Synonym: ramat
- (military, law enforcement) squad
- escamot d'execució ― execution squad
- (cycling) peloton
References
[edit]- ^ “escamot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
[edit]- “escamot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “escamot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “escamot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “escamot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Categories:
- Catalan terms with unknown etymologies
- Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan
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- Catalan terms derived from Occitan
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Catalan/ɔt
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɔt/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
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- ca:Military
- ca:Law enforcement
- Catalan terms with usage examples
- ca:Cycling