scale

scale
scale [skeɪl]
1. noun
   a. ( = scope) échelle f ; ( = size) importance f
• on a large/small scale sur une grande/petite échelle
• on a national scale à l'échelle nationale
• a disaster on this scale une catastrophe de cette ampleur
   b. [of map] échelle f
• on a scale of 1cm to 5km à une échelle de 1 cm pour 5 km
• this map is not to scale les distances ne sont pas respectées sur cette carte
   c. (on thermometer, ruler) échelle f graduée ; [of wages] barème m
• scale of charges tarifs mpl
• social scale échelle f sociale
   d. (musical) gamme f
• to practise one's scales faire ses gammes
   e. [of fish] écaille f
   f.  → scales
2. transitive verb
   a. [+ wall, mountain] escalader
   b. [+ fish] écailler
   c. [+ teeth] détartrer
3. compounds
► scale drawing noun dessin m à l'échelle
► scale model noun modèle m réduit
► scale back separable transitive verb
(US) = scale down
►scale down separable transitive verb réduire ; [+ drawing] réduire l'échelle de ; [+ production] réduire
* * *
[skeɪl] 1.
noun
1) (extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, violence) étendue f; (of reform, development, defeat, recession, task) ampleur f; (of activity, operation) envergure f; (of support, change) degré m

on a large/small scale — [map] à grande/petite échelle

on a modest scale — [building] d'une ampleur modeste

to do something on a large scale — fig faire quelque chose sur une grande échelle

2) (grading system) échelle f

pay scale —

salary scale — échelle des salaires

on a scale of 1 to 10 — sur une échelle allant de 1 à 10

3) (for maps, models) échelle f

on a scale of 2 km to 1 cm — à une échelle de 1 cm pour 2 km

4) (on gauge etc) graduation f
5) (for weighing) balance f
6) Music gamme f
7) (on fish, insect) écaille f
8) (deposit) (in kettle) (dépôt m) calcaire m; (on teeth) tartre m
2.
scales plural noun balance f
3.
transitive verb
1) (climb) escalader
2) (take scales off) écailler
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Phrasal Verbs:
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the scales fell from my eyes — tout d'un coup j'ai compris


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