escadrille

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”). === Noun === escadrille (plural escadrilles) A small squadron. (historical, military) A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France. === See also === Wikipedia article on the Lafayette Escadrille == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escadrille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛs.kaːˈdri.jə/ Hyphenation: es‧ca‧dril‧le === Noun === escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles, no diminutive) escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes ==== Related terms ==== eskader == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish escuadrilla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.dʁij/ === Noun === escadrille f (plural escadrilles) squadron (of airplanes) flotilla ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: eskadrille → Dutch: escadrille → English: escadrille === Further reading === “escadrille”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “escadrille”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “escadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Paronyms === espadrille