escadrille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).

Noun

escadrille (plural escadrilles)

1. A small squadron.
2. (historical, military) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Lafayette Escadrille

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French escadrille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.kaːˈdri.jə/

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• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧dril‧le

Noun

escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles)

1. escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes

Related terms

• eskader

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuadrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ka.dʁij/

Noun

escadrille f (plural escadrilles)

1. squadron (of airplanes)
2. flotilla

Related terms

• escadre
• escadron

 

Descendants

• → Danish: eskadrille
• → Dutch: escadrille
• → English: escadrille

Further reading

• “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.

Paronyms

• espadrille