scagliola

English

Alternative forms

• scaliola (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scagliola, a diminutive of scaglia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

scagliola (usually uncountable, plural scagliolas)

1. Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
   • 1888 September 29, Henry James, “[The Aspern Papers.]”, in The Aspern Papers; Louisa Pallant; The Modern Warning, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 13:

     ‘I must work the garden—I must work the garden,’ I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusty sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: escaiola (ca) f
• Portuguese: escaiola f

Italian

Alternative forms

• scagliuola

Etymology

From scaglia +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaʎˈʎo.la/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: sca‧glió‧la

Noun

scagliola f (plural scagliole)

1. a fine gypsum used for plaster modelling and stucco

Descendants

• → Catalan: escaiola
• → English: scagliola
• → Portuguese: escaiola
• → Spanish: escayola