scaglia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scaglia (“a scale, a shell, a ship of marble”).

Noun

scaglia (uncountable)

  1. A reddish variety of limestone.

Italian

Etymology

From Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Compare French écaille.

Noun

scaglia f (plural scaglie)

  1. (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
    Synonym: squama
  2. flake, sliver
  3. splinter
    Synonym: scheggia

Verb

scaglia

  1. third-person singular present indicative of scagliare
  2. second-person singular imperative of scagliare
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