escarmouche
See also: escarmouché
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French escarmouche. Doublet of skirmish and Scaramouche.
Noun
editescarmouche (plural escarmouches)
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche (“skirmish”), from Old Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”), from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to shelter”).
Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade, protection”). More at skirmish, screen.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.muʃ/
- Homophones: escarmouchent, escarmouches
Noun
editescarmouche f (plural escarmouches)
Verb
editescarmouche
- inflection of escarmoucher:
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “escarmouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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