scale

• Nom avec plusieurs sens, notamment un appareil pour peser, une suite de notes de musique, la taille ou l'ampleur relative de quelque chose, et les petites plaques qui se chevauchent couvrant le corps des poissons ou des reptiles.

A noun with multiple meanings, including a device for weighing, a series of musical notes, the relative size or extent of something, or the overlapping plates covering a fish or reptile.

1. Measuring deviceA2formal

   A device used to measure weight or mass.

   balance

   • She weighed the flour on a kitchen scale.
   • The bathroom scale showed she had lost weight.
   • The doctor used a scale to measure the baby's weight.

   Synonymesbalanceweighing machine

2. Size or extentB1formal

   The relative size, extent, or magnitude of something.

   échelle, ampleur

   • The scale of the disaster was enormous.
   • They are building a project on a massive scale.
   • The map has a scale of 1:100,000.

   Synonymesbreadthcompassdegreeextentmagnitudeproportionrangescopesize

3. Musical scaleB1formal

   A sequence of musical notes arranged in ascending or descending order.

   Gamme musicale

   • She practiced the C major scale on the piano.
   • The musician played a chromatic scale.
   • Learning scales is essential for any instrumentalist.

   Synonymesgamutmode

4. Fish or reptile skinA2formal

   Small, thin, overlapping plates that cover the skin of fish and reptiles.

   Écaille

   • The fish's scales shimmered in the sunlight.
   • Snakes have scales that protect their bodies.
   • The dragon's scales were depicted as hard and shiny.

   Synonymesscutesquama

5. Ladder or climbing toolB2formal

   A tool consisting of a series of rungs or steps used for climbing.

   échelle (outil pour grimper)

   • He used a scale to climb the wall.
   • The firefighter carried a scale to rescue the cat.
   • The old castle had a spiral scale leading to the tower.

   Synonymesladderstepladder

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de grimper sur quelque chose, de modifier la taille ou l'échelle de quelque chose, ou d'enlever une couche ou un revêtement.

A verb used to indicate the act of climbing up something, adjusting the size or extent of something, or removing a layer or coating.

1. B2formal

   To climb up something steep, like a wall, cliff, or mountain.

   escalader

   • The mountaineers scaled the north face of the mountain.
   • He scaled the wall to rescue the cat.
   • They scaled the cliff using ropes and harnesses.

   Synonymesascendclamberclimbmountscramblesurmount

   Antonymesdescend

2. Adjust sizeB2formal

   To change the size or extent of something, often in proportion.

   redimensionner

   • We need to scale the image to fit the screen.
   • The company plans to scale its operations globally.
   • The model was scaled down to fit the display case.

   Synonymesadjustproportionrescaleresizesize

3. Remove scalesB1formal

   To remove the scales from a fish.

   Écailler

   • She scaled the fish before cooking it.
   • He carefully scaled the trout with a knife.
   • The chef scaled and gutted the salmon.

   Synonymesdescale

Variantes phrasalscale downscale up