cannonade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkænəˈneɪd/, /ˈkænəˌneɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

cannonade (plural cannonades)

1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.
   • 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:

     A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.

2. (figuratively) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
   • 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 11:

     Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]

Derived terms

• cannonader

Translations

firing of artillery

• Belarusian: канана́да f (kananáda)
• Bulgarian: канона́да f (kanonáda)
• Catalan: canoneig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砲擊 / 炮击 (zh) (pàojī)

• Finnish: tykistökeskitys
• French: canonnade (fr) f
• German: Kanonade (de) f
• Icelandic: stórskotahríð f
• Italian: cannoneggiamento (it) m
• Japanese: 砲撃 (ja) (ほうげき, hōgeki)
• Polish: kanonada (pl) f
• Russian: канона́да (ru) f (kanonáda)
• Spanish: cañoneo (es) m
• Swedish: kanonad (sv) c
• Ukrainian: канона́да f (kanonáda)

Verb

cannonade (third-person singular simple present cannonades, present participle cannonading, simple past and past participle cannonaded)

1. To discharge artillery fire upon.