Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Lafayette escadrille
Cafe escadrille burl...
Capital grille
Allied nickname for ...
Dandelion green
Restaurants in burli...
Flyboys
Raoul lufbery
Nearby Words
esaias
esaki
esaki diode
esaki, leo
esalen
esarhaddon
esau
esb
esbat
esbjerg
esbo
esc
esc key
esc-key
esc.
esca
esca'lader
esca'lation
esca'pology
escabeche
escadrille
escadrille amér...
escadrille amer...
escalade
escalate
escalation
escalation clau...
escalation-clau...
escalator
escalator claus...
escalator-claus...
escalatory
escallonia
escallop
escalop
escalope
escalope de vea...
escambia
escambia river
escambio
escanaba
escadrille
[
es-k
uh
-
dril
,
es
-k
uh
-dril
;
Fr.
es-k
a
-
d
r
ee
-y
uh
]
es·ca·drille
/
ˌɛs
kəˈdrɪl
,
ˈɛs
kəˌdrɪl
;
Fr.
ɛs
kaˈdri
y
ə
/
Show Spelled
[
es-k
uh
-
dril
,
es
-k
uh
-dril
;
Fr.
es-k
a
-
d
r
ee
-y
uh
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
es·ca·drilles
/
-ˈdrɪlz
,
-ˌdrɪlz
;
Fr.
-ˈdri
y
ə
/
Show Spelled
[
-
drilz
,
-drilz
;
Fr.
-
d
r
ee
-y
uh
]
Show IPA
.
1.
a squadron or divisional unit of airplanes:
the Lafayette Escadrille of World War I.
2.
Obsolete
.
a small naval squadron.
Origin:
1910–15;
<
French:
flotilla,
Middle French
<
Spanish
escuadrilla,
diminutive of
escuadra
squadron
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
escadrille
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Escadrille
is always a great word to know.
So is
quincunx
. Does it mean:
So is
callithumpian
. Does it mean:
So is
ort
. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
escadrille
(ˌɛskəˈdrɪl,
French
ɛskadrij)
—
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
squadron
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Escadrille
People who can define
Escadrille
may know
20,047
words, as many as a
7th grader.
How many words do you know?
Enjoy Dictionary.com ad-free! Learn more
Related Words
Escadrille Américaine
Lafayette Escadrille
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."
-Catherine Drinker Bowen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT