See also: escaladé

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (to climb), from scala (ladder), from Latin scalae (ladder).

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Noun edit

escalade (plural escalades)

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

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escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

  1. (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

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French edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Italian scalata.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.lad/
  • (file)

Noun edit

escalade f (plural escalades)

  1. (sports) climbing
  2. escalation

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Verb edit

escalade

  1. inflection of escalader:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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