escut

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (to cut, split). Compare Occitan escut, French écu, Spanish escudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkut]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [esˈkut]
  • (file)

Noun

escut m (plural escuts)

  1. shield
  2. (heraldry) shield
  3. escudo (currency)

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French escut, from Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut m (plural escuts or escuz)

  1. shield

Descendants

  • French: écu
    • English: écu
    • Turkish: ekü

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin scutum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkyt/
  • (file)

Noun

escut m (plural escuts)

  1. (Languedoc) shield

Dialectal variants

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut oblique singular, m (oblique plural escuz or escutz, nominative singular escuz or escutz, nominative plural escut)

  1. shield

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: escut
    • French: écu
      • English: écu
      • Turkish: ekü

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin scūtum.

Noun

escut m (oblique plural escuts, nominative singular escuts, nominative plural escut)

  1. shield

Descendants

References

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