escadrille

English

Etymology

Borrowing 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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kad.ʁij/

Noun

escadrille f (plural escadrilles)

1. flight
2. flotilla

Further reading

• “escadrille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).