escadrille
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).
Noun[edit]
escadrille (plural escadrilles)
- A small squadron.
- (historical, military) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French escadrille.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles)
- escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish escuadrilla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
escadrille f (plural escadrilles)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Danish: eskadrille
- → Dutch: escadrille
- → English: escadrille
Further reading[edit]
- “escadrille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “escadrille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “escadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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