escadrille
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).
Noun edit
escadrille (plural escadrilles)
- A small squadron.
- (historical, military) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.
See also edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French escadrille.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles)
- escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes
Related terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish escuadrilla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escadrille f (plural escadrilles)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: eskadrille
- → Dutch: escadrille
- → English: escadrille
Further reading edit
- “escadrille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “escadrille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “escadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.