escalafón

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from escala (“ladder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskalaˈfon/ [es.ka.laˈfõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: es‧ca‧la‧fón

Noun

escalafón m (plural escalafones)

ranking, hierarchy; an echelon

Derived terms

escalafonamiento

Descendants

→ Catalan: escalafó

Further reading

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

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