estocade
French
Etymology
Middle French estoquade. Borrowed from Spanish estocada, ultimately from Italian stoccata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.tɔ.kad/
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Noun
estocade f (plural estocades)
- (bullfighting) the mortal impalement of a bull
- (fencing) a stroke with the tip of the sword
- Hyponym: botte
Derived terms
- estocader
Related terms
- estoc
Further reading
- “estocade” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “estocade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
- estacade