noun🔗ShareÉchelle, escalierA ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending."The fire escape was a metal scale, providing a way to safely descend from the third floor. "L'issue de secours était une échelle métallique, offrant un moyen de descendre en toute sécurité du troisième étage.structurewayessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉchelle, graduationAn ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude."Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."Veuillez noter votre expérience sur une échelle de 1 à 10.mathstatisticsnumberscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTaille, ampleurSize; scope."The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."L'Holocauste était une folie d'une ampleur énorme.amountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉchelleThe ratio of depicted distance to actual distance."This map uses a scale of 1:10."Cette carte utilise une échelle de 1:10.mathgeographyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉchelleA line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced."The architectural drawing of the house included a scale to show how big the rooms actually are. "Le plan architectural de la maison comprenait une échelle pour montrer la taille réelle des pièces.technicalartmathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGammeA series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies."The music teacher showed the students a scale of C major, explaining how the notes created a melody. "Le professeur de musique a montré aux élèves une gamme de do majeur, expliquant comment les notes créaient une mélodie.musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBase, racineA mathematical base for a numeral system; radix."the decimal scale; the binary scale"la base décimale ; la base binairemathnumbersystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉchelonnement, gradation, échelleGradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order."The teacher outlined a precise scale of difficulty for the math assignments, starting with basic equations and progressing to complex calculus problems. "Le professeur a exposé une échelle précise de difficulté pour les exercices de mathématiques, commençant par des équations de base et progressant vers des problèmes de calcul complexes.degreerangesystemqualitynumbermathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCachetA standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union."The musician's union negotiated a higher scale for their upcoming concert performances. "Le syndicat des musiciens a négocié un cachet plus élevé pour leurs prochains concerts.entertainmentjobbusinessworkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre à l'échelle, adapterTo change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product."We should scale that up by a factor of 10."Nous devrions adapter cela d'un facteur 10.businesstechnologyindustryeconomyprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGravir, escaladerTo climb to the top of."Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."Hilary et Norgay furent les premiers à avoir gravi l'Everest, à notre connaissance.actionsportachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre à l'échelle, adapterTo tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors."The company is scaling its online order processing to handle the increased demand during the holiday season. "L'entreprise adapte le traitement de ses commandes en ligne pour gérer la demande accrue pendant la période des fêtes.technologycomputingbusinesssystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePeser, mesurer, évaluerTo weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system."The teacher will scale the students' project reports using a rubric. "Le professeur notera les rapports de projet des élèves à l'aide d'une grille d'évaluation.systemvaluebusinesseconomysciencestatisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉcaillePart of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile."The fish's scales shimmered in the sunlight. "Les écailles du poisson scintillaient au soleil.animalbodypartbiologyfishanatomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉcailleA small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color."The butterfly's wings were covered in tiny scales, giving them their vibrant colors. "Les ailes du papillon étaient couvertes de minuscules écailles, leur donnant leurs couleurs vives.animalinsectbiologycolorappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉcailleA flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis."The dog had a small scale on its paw, a sign of the skin irritation. "Le chien avait une petite écaille sur la patte, signe d'une irritation cutanée.medicineanimaldiseasebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉcaillePart of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds."The pine cone's scale opened, releasing the tiny seeds. "L'écaille du cône de pin s'est ouverte, libérant les minuscules graines.plantpartseednaturebiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉcaille, tartreThe flaky material sloughed off heated metal."The metal in the oven was producing a lot of scale, making it difficult to clean. "Le métal dans le four produisait beaucoup de tartre, ce qui rendait le nettoyage difficile.materialtechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCotte de mailles en écaillesScale mail (as opposed to chain mail)."The medieval knight wore scale armor, not chain mail. "Le chevalier médiéval portait une cotte de mailles en écailles, pas une cotte de mailles en anneaux.militaryweaponwearessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTartreLimescale."The kettle was covered in a thick layer of limescale, making it difficult to clean. "La bouilloire était recouverte d'une épaisse couche de tartre, ce qui rendait le nettoyage difficile.substancematerialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCochenilleA scale insect."The gardener noticed a small scale insect on the rose bush. "Le jardinier a remarqué une petite cochenille sur le rosier.insectanimalbiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlaquette de mancheThe thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife."The pocketknife's scale was smooth and cool to the touch. "La plaquette de manche du couteau de poche était lisse et froide au toucher.materialpartutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉcaillerTo remove the scales of."Please scale that fish for dinner."Veuillez écailler ce poisson pour le dîner.foodfishessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareS'écailler, développer des écaillesTo become scaly; to produce or develop scales."The dry weather is making my skin scale."Le temps sec fait que ma peau s'écaille.organismbiologyanimalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDétartrer, écaillerTo strip or clear of scale; to descale."to scale the inside of a boiler"détartrer l'intérieur d'une chaudièrebiologyanimalfoodfishessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉcailler, détartrerTo take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface."The chef scaled the hard-boiled eggs, carefully peeling off the shells in thin layers. "Le chef a écaillé les œufs durs, en retirant délicatement les coquilles en fines couches.physiologymedicinebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉcailler, pelerTo separate and come off in thin layers or laminae."Some sandstone scales by exposure."Certains grès s'écaillent avec l'exposition.biologymaterialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉparpiller, diffuserTo scatter; to spread."The children scaled their drawings of the park across the classroom walls. "Les enfants ont éparpillé leurs dessins du parc sur les murs de la salle de classe.actionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareNettoyerTo clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder."The artillery crew scaled the cannon to prepare it for the next firing. "L'équipe d'artillerie a nettoyé le canon pour le préparer au prochain tir.militaryweapontechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBalanceA device to measure mass or weight."After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale."Après le long et paresseux hiver, j'avais peur de monter sur la balance.deviceutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlateau de balanceEither of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales."The baker carefully placed the flour on one scale of the kitchen balance. "Le boulanger a soigneusement placé la farine sur un plateau de la balance de la cuisine.utensilmachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading