"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, {{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 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 34 14 1 27 12

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, {{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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 30 12 1 23 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 34 14 1 27 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 28 72 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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