chamade
/ʃəˈmɑːd/
chamade noun: a signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
Noun
chamade (plural chamades)
- A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
- But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts.1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 6, Penguin, published 2003, page 402
Forms of chamade
| plural | chamades |
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Origin of chamade
Borrowed from French chamade, from Italian or Portuguese, from Latin clamare.
Words that rhyme with chamade
Questions about chamade
- What does chamade mean?
- Chamade means a signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
- What part of speech is chamade?
- Chamade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chamade?
- Chamade is pronounced /ʃəˈmɑːd/.
- What is the plural of chamade?
- The plural of chamade is chamades.
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