escambell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan (cf. also the parallel form escabell), from Latin scabellum; the -m- is possibly due to influence from a variant form scamellum or a Vulgar Latin scamnillum. Compare Occitan escabèl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəmˈbeʎ]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [es.kamˈbeʎ]
Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

escambell m (plural escambells)

stool, footstool
Synonym: tamboret

Hyponyms

reposapeus

“escambell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“escambell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“escambell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“escambell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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