écorce

From Middle French escorce, from Old French escorce, from Latin scortea, feminine noun form of scorteus (“made of skin or leather”). Compare Italian scorza.

• IPA^(key): /e.kɔʁs/

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écorce f (plural écorces)

1. bark (of a tree)
2. peel (of certain fruits)
3. crust (of the Earth)

écorce

1. first-person singular present indicative of écorcer
2. third-person singular present indicative of écorcer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of écorcer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of écorcer
5. second-person singular imperative of écorcer

• “écorce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).