embuscade

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French embuscade, itself a borrowing from Italian imboscata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bys.kad/ === Noun === embuscade f (plural embuscades) ambuscade; ambush tendre une embuscade à quelqu'un ― to ambush someone se tenir en embuscade ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with embûche. ==== Related terms ==== embusquer === Further reading === “embuscade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian imboscata. === Noun === embuscade f (plural embuscades) ambuscade; ambush ==== Descendants ==== French: embuscade === References === embuscade on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “embuscade”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.