dégringolade
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See also: degringolade
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dégringolade (plural dégringolades)
- Alternative spelling of degringolade
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dégringolade.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dégringoler (“to fall, tumble”) + -ade.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dégringolade f (plural dégringolades)
- fall, tumble; collapse
- 1897 December 20, Solness, “À Montmartre”, in Le Matin:
- Et ceci est un signe des temps. La Butte glisse. Comment expliquer cette visible et progressive dégringolade de Montmartre ? N’accusez ni les chansonniers ni la versatilité du public.
- And this is a sign of the times. La Butte slips. How do you explain this visible and progressive collapse of Montmartre? Don't accuse the singers or the audience's fickleness.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: degringolade
- → Polish: degrengolada
Further reading[edit]
- “dégringolade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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