escadrille
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).
Noun
escadrille (plural escadrilles)
- A small squadron.
- (historical, military) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.
See also
- Wikipedia article on the Lafayette Escadrille
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French escadrille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛs.kaːˈdri.jə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: es‧ca‧dril‧le
Noun
escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles)
- escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes
Related terms
- eskader
French
Etymology
From Spanish escuadrilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.dʁij/
Noun
escadrille f (plural escadrilles)
- squadron (of airplanes)
- flotilla
Descendants
- → Danish: eskadrille
- → Dutch: escadrille
- → English: escadrille
Further reading
- “escadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.