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escadrille

escadrille noun: a small squadron.

Noun

escadrille (plural escadrilles)

  1. A small squadron.
  2. (historical) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.

Forms of escadrille

pluralescadrilles

Origin of escadrille

Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).

Questions about escadrille

What does escadrille mean?
Escadrille means a small squadron.
What part of speech is escadrille?
Escadrille is a noun.
What is the plural of escadrille?
The plural of escadrille is escadrilles.

Words near escadrille in the dictionary

  1. Esc key
  2. Esc keys
  3. esca
  4. escabeche
  5. escabeches
  6. escadrille
  7. escadrilles
  8. escae
  9. Escaich
  10. Escajeda
  11. Escajedas

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