scale

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Sommaire 1 Anglais 1.1 Étymologie 1.2 Nom commun 1.2.1 Dérivés 1.3 Verbe 1.4 Prononciation

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Étymologie

Nom commun

scale (pluriel : scales)

1. Balance.
   • According to the scale, he weighed 70 kilograms.
2. Échelle.
   • The map is on a scale of 100,000 to 1.
3. Grandeur.
   • The pyramids were built on a larger scale than any previous man-made buildings.
4. Écaille.
   • He had to first remove the fish scales.
   • Part of his skin was covered in scale.

   Gamme.

   • She warmed up before practice by singing (musical) scales.

Dérivés

• scale model

Verbe

to scale

1. Écailler.
   • Who is going to scale these fish?
2. Escalader.
   • He scaled the wall and kept running.
3. Agrandir, élargir (scale up).
   • This is okay so far, but we're going to need to scale up.
4. Réduire (scale down).
   • This would overwhelm them. We need to scale it down.

Prononciation

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