name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
scales
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/skeɪlz/
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rhymes with -eɪlz
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CMU ARPABET: S K EY1 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States.
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Meaning 3
A small village in Aldingham parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2772).
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Meaning 4
A hamlet in Kirkoswald parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5743).
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Meaning 5
A hamlet in Threlkeld parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3426).
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Meaning 6
The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
plural of scale
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 8
A device for measuring weight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- The butcher put the sausages on the scales.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scale
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verb
Meaning 9
third-person singular simple present indicative of scale
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
From Old Norse skáli (“shed, hut”). Doublet of Scholes.
Plural of scale.
Across languages
Translations
188 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: peshore — device for weighing goods for sale
- Albanian: luspë — device for weighing goods for sale
- Amharic: ሚዛን (mizan) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Arabic: مِيزَان (mīzān) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Armenian: կշեռք (kšeṙkʻ) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Assamese: তুলা (tula) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Avar: цӏадираби (cʼadirabi) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Azerbaijani: tərəzi — device for weighing goods for sale
- Azerbaijani: qapan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Baluchi: شاہیم (šáhím) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bashkir: үлсәү (ülsəw) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Belarusian: ша́лі (šáli) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Belarusian: ва́гі (váhi) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Belarusian: вага́ (vahá) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bengali: দাঁড়িপাল্লা (dãṛipalla) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bengali: তুলা (tula) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bengali: তরাজূ (toraju) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bengali: মীজান (mijan) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bulgarian: тегли́лка (teglílka) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bulgarian: везна́ (vezná) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Bulgarian: везни́ (vezní) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Burmese: ကပ်ပယ် (kappai) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Burmese: ကလမောင်း (ka.la.maung:) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Catalan: balança — device for weighing goods for sale
- Catalan: bàscula — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chechen: терза (terza) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Cantonese: 磅 — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Cantonese: 天平 (tin1 ping4) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese: тянпин (tianpin) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese: чын (čɨn) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Mandarin: 天平 (tiānpíng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Mandarin: 磅秤 (bàngchèng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Mandarin: 秤 (chèng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chinese Mandarin: 磅 (bàng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chuvash: тараса (taras̬a) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Chuvash: виҫе (viś̬e) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Crimean Tatar: qantar — device for weighing goods for sale
- Crimean Tatar: teraze — device for weighing goods for sale
- Czech: váhy — device for weighing goods for sale
- Danish: vægt — device for weighing goods for sale
- Dutch: weegschaal — device for weighing goods for sale
- Egyptian: E9-w-sw-w-U38 (jwsw) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Egyptian: m-a-xA-A&t-U38 (mḫꜣt) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Erzya: онкст (onkst) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Esperanto: pesilo — device for weighing goods for sale
- Estonian: kaal — device for weighing goods for sale
- Estonian: vaag — device for weighing goods for sale
- Evenki: ургэмкэвун (urgəmkəwun) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Finnish: vaaka — device for weighing goods for sale
- Finnish: varsivaaka — device for weighing goods for sale
- French: balance — device for weighing goods for sale
- Georgian: სასწორი (sasc̣ori) — device for weighing goods for sale
- German: Waage — device for weighing goods for sale
- Greek: ζυγαριά (zygariá) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ancient Greek: τρυτάνη (trutánē) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Gujarati: તુલા (tulā) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hebrew: מֹאזְנַיִם — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hebrew: מאזניים (moznáim) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hindi: तराज़ू (tarāzū) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hindi: तुला (tulā) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hindi: मीज़ान (mīzān) — device for weighing goods for sale
- White Hmong: teev — device for weighing goods for sale
- Hungarian: mérleg — device for weighing goods for sale
- Icelandic: vog — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ido: balanco — device for weighing goods for sale
- Indonesian: timbangan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ingush: тараз (taraz) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Irish: scálaí — device for weighing goods for sale
- Italian: bilancia — device for weighing goods for sale
- Japanese: 秤 (hakari) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Japanese: 天秤 (tenbin) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kalmyk: чиңнүр (çiñnür) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kannada: ತಕ್ಕಡಿ (takkaḍi) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kazakh: таразы (tarazy) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kazakh: кір (kır) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Khmer: តុល (dol) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Khmer: តុលា (tolaa) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Khmer: ជញ្ជីង (cŭəñciing) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Khmer: ត្រាជូ (traacuu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Komi-Zyrian: вески (veski) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Korean: 저울 (jeoul) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Korean: 천칭 (cheonching) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kumyk: терезе (tereze) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kumyk: мизан (mizan) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Central Kurdish: تەرازوو (terazû) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Northern Kurdish: terazî — device for weighing goods for sale
- Kyrgyz: тараза (taraza) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ladin: stadiera — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lao: ຊິງ (sing) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lao: ດຸນ (dun) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lao: ຕາເຕັງ (tā teng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lao: ຕຸລາ (tu lā) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lao: ເຄື່ອງຊັ່ງ (khư̄ang sang) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Latin: lībra — device for weighing goods for sale
- Latin: trutina — device for weighing goods for sale
- Latin: statēra — device for weighing goods for sale
- Latvian: svari — device for weighing goods for sale
- Lithuanian: svarstyklės — device for weighing goods for sale
- Luxembourgish: Wo — device for weighing goods for sale
- Macedonian: вага (vaga) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Macedonian: терезија (terezija) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Malay: mizan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Malay: neraca — device for weighing goods for sale
- Malay: teraju — device for weighing goods for sale
- Malay: dacing — device for weighing goods for sale
- Malayalam: തുലാസ് (tulāsŭ) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Māori: inetaumaha — device for weighing goods for sale
- Middle English: balaunce — device for weighing goods for sale
- Middle English: scoles — device for weighing goods for sale
- Moksha: ункст (unkst) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Moksha: вест (vest) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Mongolian: жин (žin) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Mongolian: жин хэмжүүр (žin xemžüür) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Mongolian: жинлүүр (žinlüür) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Mongolian: дэнс (handheld) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Nanai: дэнгсэ (deŋse) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Nepali: तराजु (tarāju) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Norman: balanche — device for weighing goods for sale
- Norwegian Bokmål: vekt — device for weighing goods for sale
- Occitan: balança — device for weighing goods for sale
- Odia: ତରାଜୁ (tarāju) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ossetian: тӕраз (tæraz) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Pashto: مېزان (mezãn) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Pashto: میزان (mizā́n) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Pashto: ترازو — device for weighing goods for sale
- Iranian Persian: تَرازو (tarâzu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Iranian Persian: میزان (mizân) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Plautdietsch: Wichtschol — device for weighing goods for sale
- Polish: waga — device for weighing goods for sale
- Portuguese: balança — device for weighing goods for sale
- Romanian: cântar — device for weighing goods for sale
- Romanian: balanță — device for weighing goods for sale
- Romanian: cumpănă — device for weighing goods for sale
- Russian: весы́ (vesý) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Serbo-Croatian: ва́га — device for weighing goods for sale
- Serbo-Croatian: тера́зије — device for weighing goods for sale
- Serbo-Croatian: vága — device for weighing goods for sale
- Serbo-Croatian: terázije — device for weighing goods for sale
- Sicilian: valanza — device for weighing goods for sale
- Slovak: váhy — device for weighing goods for sale
- Slovene: tehtnica — device for weighing goods for sale
- Somali: miisaan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Southern Altai: терезе (tereze) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Spanish: báscula — device for weighing goods for sale
- Spanish: balanza — device for weighing goods for sale
- Spanish: peso — device for weighing goods for sale
- Spanish: romana — device for weighing goods for sale
- Spanish: estatera — device for weighing goods for sale
- Swahili: mizani — device for weighing goods for sale
- Swedish: balansvåg — device for weighing goods for sale
- Swedish: våg — device for weighing goods for sale
- Swedish: vågskål — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tagalog: talaro — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tajik: тарозу (tarozu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tajik: мезон (mezon) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tajik: мизон (mizon) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tamil: தராசு (tarācu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tatar: үлчәү (ülçäw) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Tausug: timbangan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Telugu: త్రాసు (trāsu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Telugu: కాటా (kāṭā) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Thai: ตาชั่ง (dtaa-châng) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Thai: ตราชู (dtraa-chuu) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Turkish: terazi — device for weighing goods for sale
- Turkish: kantar — device for weighing goods for sale
- Turkish: mizan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ottoman Turkish: ترازو (terazi) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ottoman Turkish: میزان (mizan) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Turkmen: terezi — device for weighing goods for sale
- Turkmen: gapan — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎇𐎐𐎎 (mznm) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ukrainian: ва́ги (váhy) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Ukrainian: вага́ (vahá) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Unami: punthikàn — device for weighing goods for sale
- Urdu: تَرازُو (tarāzū) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Urdu: تُلا (tulā) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Urdu: مِیزان (mīzān) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Urdu: پَیمانَہ (paimāna) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Uyghur: تارازا (taraza) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Uzbek: tarozi — device for weighing goods for sale
- Uzbek: mezon — device for weighing goods for sale
- Vietnamese: cân — device for weighing goods for sale
- Welsh: clorian — device for weighing goods for sale
- Welsh: tafol — device for weighing goods for sale
- Yakut: ыйааһын (ïyaahïn) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Yiddish: וואָג (vog) — device for weighing goods for sale
- Yoruba: òṣùwọ̀n — device for weighing goods for sale
- Zhuang: dienbingz — device for weighing goods for sale
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