écale
French, noun
écale is spelled É-C-A-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écale is a French feminine noun meaning “husk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of écaler. With an accent, écalé is a different word: “past participle of écaler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enveloppe charnue qui couvre la coque des noix et des amandes”.
What does écale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehusk
- 2
femininepod
- 3
feminineshell (of nut)
- 4
femininefish scale
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of écaler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enveloppe charnue qui couvre la coque des noix et des amandes. 2. Gousse des pois, des fèves, des haricots. 3. Coquille d’œuf. 4. Portion de soie dont les fils sont contenus par une gomme blanche et légère.
adjective: 1. Dépouillé de son écale. 2. Qualifie une terre qui, dans certains cantons, ne faisant partie d’aucune exploitation, se loue isolément, sans bâtiment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of écale
- écales plural
- écalée feminine
- écalés masculine plural
- écalées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to écale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écale in French?
écale appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).