escale
French, noun/ɛs.kal/
escale is spelled E-S-C-A-L-E (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escale is a French feminine noun meaning “port of call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit où des navires peuvent relâcher”.
What does escale mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineport of call
- 2
femininestopover
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit où des navires peuvent relâcher. 2. Action de relâcher dans un endroit propre au mouillage. 3. Endroit ou moment où les aéronefs font étape dans un voyage.
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 escale
- escales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escale?
- /ɛs.kal/
- \ɛs.kal\
- [ɛskal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escale in French?
escale appears 4.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).