French word

escale

Pronunciation

IPA/ɛskal/

Meaning

  • feminine nounstopover

Example

Nous avons fait une courte escale pour déjeuner.

We made a short stopover for lunch.

Illustration for escale (stopover)

More examples

Le vol Paris-Tokyo n'a pas d'escale.

The Paris-Tokyo flight has no stopover.

Core concept

A short break in a voyage that marks one point between departure and the final destination.

Common phrases

  • faire escale

    make a stopover

  • une escale à l'aéroport

    an airport stopover

  • vol sans escale

    a nonstop flight

Similar words

correspondance: A connection for changing to another flight or vehicle.
halte: A small place intended for a brief stop.
arrêt: The act of stopping for a set period.

Definition in French

Court arrêt servant de liaison entre deux étapes d'un voyage, notamment dans les transports aériens ou maritimes.

Word origin

The noun was borrowed from Old Provençal escala, from Latin scala for a ladder or staircase, and later acquired its travel-stop sense.

Usage tips

  • Faire escale takes à before a place, as in faire escale à Marseille.

Other meanings

  • port of callnoun

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