"escalade" meaning in English

See escalade in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛskəˌleɪd/ [US], /ˈɛskəˌlɑd/ [US] Forms: escalades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scalae (“ladder”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escalade}} French escalade, {{der|en|it|scalata|}} Italian scalata, {{m|it|scalare||to climb}} scalare (“to climb”), {{m|it|scala||ladder}} scala (“ladder”), {{der|en|la|scalae||ladder}} Latin scalae (“ladder”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} escalade (plural escalades)
  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    Sense id: en-escalade-en-noun-pGdiYJvm

Verb

IPA: /ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛskəˌleɪd/ [US], /ˈɛskəˌlɑd/ [US] Forms: escalades [present, singular, third-person], escalading [participle, present], escaladed [participle, past], escaladed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scalae (“ladder”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escalade}} French escalade, {{der|en|it|scalata|}} Italian scalata, {{m|it|scalare||to climb}} scalare (“to climb”), {{m|it|scala||ladder}} scala (“ladder”), {{der|en|la|scalae||ladder}} Latin scalae (“ladder”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)
  1. (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Military Derived forms: escalader Translations (to scale the walls of a fortification): escalader (French), eskaladéieren (Luxembourgish), wspinać się (Polish), escalada (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-escalade-en-verb-NJpSDnDY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: government, military, politics, war

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