Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scall

/skɔl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scall
IPA
/skɔl/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mean; wretched.

noun

A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Loose ground.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scalle, skalli, *skallô

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /skɔl/
  • British English: /skɔːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

scalls (plural)

Phrases

honeycomb scall milk scall

Questions

How do you pronounce scall?
The recorded pronunciation is /skɔl/.
What does scall mean?
Mean; wretched.
Where does scall come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce scall

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