embuscade
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French embuscade, itself a borrowing from Italian imboscata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embuscade f (plural embuscades)
- ambuscade; ambush
- tendre une embuscade à quelqu’un ― to ambush someone
- se tenir en embuscade ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with embûche.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “embuscade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian imboscata.
Noun edit
embuscade f (plural embuscades)
Descendants edit
- French: embuscade
References edit
- embuscade on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (embuscade, supplement)