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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chamade, from Italian or Portuguese, from Latin clamare.
Pronunciation
Noun
chamade (plural chamades)
- (military, historical) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 6, Penguin, published 2003, page 402:But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts.
Translations
a signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Italian chiamata.
Pronunciation
Noun
chamade f (plural chamades)
- chamade
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Verb
chamade
- second-person plural imperative of chamar