escalade

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛskəˌleɪd/, /ˈɛskəˌlɑd/ Rhymes: -eɪd === Noun === escalade (plural escalades) An act of scaling walls or fortifications. Synonym: (obsolete) scalade === Verb === escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed) (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification. ==== Derived terms ==== escalader ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From Italian scalata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.lad/ === Noun === escalade f (plural escalades) (sports) climbing escalation ==== Derived terms ==== escalade de glace escalade sur glace escalader === Verb === escalade inflection of escalader: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “escalade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012