scald

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• US: /skɔld/
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• US, cot-caught-merger: /skɑld/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɔːld/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɒld/
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• Scotland: /skɔld/
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• rhymes with -ɔːld
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AO1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Alteration of scall or scalled. Compare cognate Old Swedish skold, skoldh, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“rash”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h1éh1yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”). Cognate with Old Swedish skalda, skolda, skolla, skala, Swedish skålla, Danish skolde, Norwegian skålda, skaalda, Icelandic skálda. Also compare Old Norse skálda (“to rot, fall off, of hair”), to skalli (“baldness”), borrowed as Middle English scalle (“hair loss infection, rash, blistering”), English scall.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изгорено място (izgoreno mjasto) — burn caused by hot liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 燙傷 /烫伤 (tàngshāng) — burn caused by hot liquid
• German: Verbrühung — burn caused by hot liquid
• Hebrew: כווייה (kviyá) — burn caused by hot liquid
• Romanian: opăritură — burn caused by hot liquid
• Russian: ожо́г (ožóg) — burn caused by hot liquid
• Spanish: quemadura — burn caused by hot liquid
• Spanish: escaldadura — burn caused by hot liquid
• Swedish: skållning — burn caused by hot liquid
• German: Brühstück — mixture of flour and hot water used in making bread
• Swedish: skållning — mixture of flour and hot water used in making bread
• Bulgarian: попарвам (poparvam) — to burn with hot fluid
• Catalan: escaldar — to burn with hot fluid
• Chinese Mandarin: 燙傷 /烫伤 (tàngshāng) — to burn with hot fluid
• Chinese Mandarin: 燙 /烫 (tàng) — to burn with hot fluid
• Czech: opařit — to burn with hot fluid
• Czech: spařit — to burn with hot fluid
• Danish: skolde — to burn with hot fluid
• Finnish: polttaa — to burn with hot fluid
• Finnish: aiheuttaa palovamma — to burn with hot fluid
• Finnish: kaltata — to burn with hot fluid
• French: ébouillanter — to burn with hot fluid
• French: échauder — to burn with hot fluid
• Galician: escaldar — to burn with hot fluid
• German: verbrühen — to burn with hot fluid
• Greek: ζεματώ (zemató) — to burn with hot fluid
• Hebrew: שרף (saráf) — to burn with hot fluid
• Hungarian: leforráz — to burn with hot fluid
• Italian: scottare — to burn with hot fluid
• Latin: combūrō — to burn with hot fluid
• Lithuanian: plikyti — to burn with hot fluid
• Norwegian Bokmål: skålde — to burn with hot fluid
• Portuguese: escaldar — to burn with hot fluid
• Romanian: opări — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: обжига́ть (obžigátʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: обже́чь (obžéčʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: ошпаривать (ošparivatʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: ошпа́рить (ošpáritʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: обва́ривать (obvárivatʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Russian: обвари́ть (obvarítʹ) — to burn with hot fluid
• Slovak: obariť — to burn with hot fluid
• Spanish: quemar — to burn with hot fluid
• Spanish: escaldar — to burn with hot fluid
• Swedish: skålla — to burn with hot fluid
• Tagalog: banlian — to burn with hot fluid
• Tagalog: mabanlian — to burn with hot fluid
• Tagalog: makabanli — to burn with hot fluid
• Thai: ลวก (lûuak) — to burn with hot fluid
• Ukrainian: обшпарювати (obšparjuvaty) — to burn with hot fluid
• Ukrainian: обшпарити (obšparyty) — to burn with hot fluid
• Bulgarian: запарвам (zaparvam) — to heat almost to boiling
• Finnish: kuumentaa — to heat almost to boiling
• French: échauder — to heat almost to boiling
• German: brühen — to heat almost to boiling
• Hebrew: הרתיח (hirtíakh) — to heat almost to boiling
• Italian: scaldare — to heat almost to boiling
• Portuguese: escaldar — to heat almost to boiling
• Romanian: opări — to heat almost to boiling
• Spanish: escaldar — to heat almost to boiling