escotilla

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs.kuˈti.ʎə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /es.koˈti.ʎa/

Noun

escotilla f (plural escotilles)

(nautical) hatch, hatchway

See also

trapa

Further reading

“escotilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Noun

escotilla f (plural escotillas)

Related terms

escote

Further reading

“escotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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