assaut

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French assaut, asalt, from Vulgar Latin *assaltus, modification of Latin assultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.so/

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• Rhymes: -so, -o

Noun

assaut m (plural assauts)

1. assault

Derived terms

• arme d’assaut
• char d’assaut
• fusil d’assaut
• donner l’assaut
• prendre d’assaut

Further reading

• “assaut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• sautas

Old French

Alternative forms

• asalt
• asault

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *assaltus, modification of Latin assultus.

Noun

assaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural assauz or assautz, nominative singular assauz or assautz, nominative plural assaut)

1. assault; attack
   • fist faire assaut a la dite cyté

     They made an assault on the aforementioned city

Descendants

• French: assaut
• → Middle Dutch: assaut
  • Dutch: assaut
• → Middle English: assaut
  • English: assault