echelon

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[edit] Etymology

French échelon, from échelle 'ladder'.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, IPA: /ˈɛkəlɒn/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɑːn/

[edit] Noun

echelon (plural echelons)

  1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  2. (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows.

[edit] Translations

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society
A formation of troops

[edit] Verb

echelon (third-person singular simple present echelons, present participle echeloning, simple past and past participle echeloned)

  1. To form troops into an echelon.

[edit] Translations

To form troops into an echelon

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