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Ukrainian
Etymology
From French échelon (“rung, step”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (“suffix forming diminutives”). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ешело́н • (ešelón) m inan (genitive ешело́ну, nominative plural ешело́ни, genitive plural ешело́нів, relational adjective ешело́нний)
- (military) echelon (a train, convoy or group of aircraft of a specific purpose)
ешело́н польо́ту- ešelón polʹótu
- flight level
- (military) echelon (a separate detachment of a deeply divided battle order or column of troops moving at some distance from one another)
- Synonym: ва́лка (válka)
тилови́й ешело́н штабу- tylovýj ešelón štabu
- rear headquarters
дру́гий ешело́н- drúhyj ešelón
- reserve, rear echelon, follow-on echelon
бойови́й ешело́н- bojovýj ešelón
- attack echelon
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ешелон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ешелон”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ешелон”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries