# escolar
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish escolar, because of a resemblance of the rings around the eyes to a scholar's spectacles. Doublet of scholar.

### Noun

escolar (plural escolars)
* Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the snake mackerels.
** 2013 February 20, Helen Thomson, “News Focus: Meat Scandal: What's On Your Plate?”, in New Scientist, volume 217, number 2904, page 7:And Oceana's study revealed that 94 per cent of “white tuna” was not tuna at all, but escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum). Consumption of more than 100 grams or so of this species causes severe diarrhoea.
* Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
* Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

#### Synonyms

* (perciform fish): snake mackerel, walu or waloo, butterfish, super white tuna, white tuna
* (perciform fish): (derogatory) ex-lax fish, laxative of the sea

#### Translations
### References

* “escolar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “escolar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* escolar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Gempylidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Gempylidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* Alcoser, Caleros, Calrose, coalers, oracles, recoals, solacer

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.koˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.koˈlaɾ]

#### Noun

escolar m or f by sense (plural escolars)
* student; specifically someone who goes to school

##### Derived terms

* escolar negre

#### Adjective

escolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escolars)
* scholarly; (relational) school

##### Derived terms

* escolaritzar

#### Related terms

* escola

### Etymology 2

From es- +‎ colar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.koˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.koˈlaɾ]

#### Verb

escolar (first-person singular present escolo, first-person singular preterite escolí, past participle escolat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to empty, to drain
    Synonyms: buidar, escórrer
* (pronominal) to pour out, run out, flow out
* (pronominal, figurative) (of time) to pass by, expire
* (pronominal) to leak out; (of a person or animal) to bleed (out)

##### Derived terms

* escolament

### Further reading

* “escolar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “escolar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “escolar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “escolar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escolar, from Latin scholaris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eskoˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

escolar m or f (plural escolares)
* school

### Noun

escolar m (plural escolares)
* student

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escolar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “escolar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escolar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
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### Adjective

escolar m (feminine singular escolara, masculine plural escolars, feminine plural escolaras)
* school

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.koˈlaʁ/ [is.koˈlah], /es.koˈlaʁ/ [es.koˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.koˈlaʁ/ [is.koˈlah], /es.koˈlaʁ/ [es.koˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.koˈlaɾ/, /es.koˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.koˈlaʁ/ [iʃ.koˈlaχ], /eʃ.koˈlaʁ/ [eʃ.koˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.koˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kuˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧co‧lar

### Adjective

escolar m or f (plural escolares)
* (relational) scholar; school
    calendário escolar ― school calendar
    material escolar ― school supplies

#### Related terms

* escola

### Further reading

* “escolar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskoˈlaɾ/ [es.koˈlaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧co‧lar

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

#### Adjective

escolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escolares)
* scholar; school

##### Derived terms

* acoso escolar
* año escolar
* edad escolar
* estuche escolar
* fracaso escolar
* graduado escolar
* grupo escolar

#### Noun

escolar m or f by sense (plural escolares)
* student, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl

##### Related terms

* escuela

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin excolāre.

#### Verb

escolar (first-person singular present escuelo, first-person singular preterite escolé, past participle escolado)
* to go through a narrow place

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “escolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10