scale

A. n

• 1 (gen) échelle (f) pay scale, salary scale = échelle des salaires on a scale of 1 to 10 = sur une échelle allant de 1 à 10

• 2 (extent) (of disaster, success, violence) étendue (f) (of de); (of defeat, recession, task) ampleur (f) (of de); (of activity, operation) envergure (f) (of de)

• 3 (on ruler, gauge) graduation (f)

• 4 (for weighing) balance (f)

• 5 [Mus] gamme (f)

• 6 (on fish, insect) écaille (f)

B. n pl

• balance (f)

C. vtr

• 1 escalader [wall, mountain]

• 2 écailler [fish]