kəˈdrɪl, ˈɛs Origin:
1910–15; < French: flotilla, Middle French < Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra squadron
1910–15; < French: flotilla, Middle French < Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra squadron
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escadrille (ˌɛskəˈdrɪl, French ɛskadrij) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a French squadron of aircraft, esp in World War I |
| 2. | a small squadron of ships |
| [from French: flotilla, from Spanish escuadrilla, from escuadra | |
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Escadrille
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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