echelon

See also échelon

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• échelon

Etymology

French échelon, from échelle (“ladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, IPA: /ˈɛkəlɒn/

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.

Translations

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society

• Finnish: taso (fi)
• French: échelon (fr) m
• Portuguese: escalão (pt)

• Russian: звено (ru) (zvenó) n, эшелон (ru) (ešelón) m
• Spanish: escalón (es)

A formation of troops

• Bulgarian: ешелон (bg) (ešelón) m
• Finnish: vinorivi (fi)
• French: échelon (fr) m

• Italian: scaglione (it) m
• Russian: эшелон (ru) (ešelón) m
• Spanish: escalón (es)

Verb

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

1. To form troops into an echelon.

Translations

To form troops into an echelon

• Bulgarian: ешелонирам (bg) (ešeloniram)
• Italian: scaglionare (it)

• Portuguese: escalonar (pt)
• Spanish: escalonar (es)

See also

• Echelon formation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Echelon formation

Anagrams

• chelone