escadote

Portuguese

Etymology

From escada (“ladder”) +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/, /es.kaˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kaˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.kaˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kaˈdɔ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈdɔ.tɨ/ [(i)ʃ.kɐˈðɔ.tɨ]

Hyphenation: es‧ca‧do‧te

Noun

escadote m (plural escadotes)

step ladder (folding ladder with steps instead of rungs)

Related terms

Further reading

“escadote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escadote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026