escalade

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See also: escaladé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scalae (“ladder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

escalade (plural escalades)

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    Synonym: (obsolete) scalade
    An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

Verb

escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

  1. (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

Derived terms

Translations

French

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Etymology

From Italian scalata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.lad/
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Noun

escalade f (plural escalades)

  1. (sports) climbing
  2. escalation

Derived terms

Verb

escalade

  1. inflection of escalader:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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