escapade

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕs'kə-pād', IPA(key): /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd (obsolete) enPR: ĕs'kə-päd', IPA(key): /ˌɛskəˈpɑːd/ === Noun === escapade (plural escapades) A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention. 2011 March 4, Richard Corliss, "The Adjustment Bureau" (film review), Time (retrieved 23 March 2014): He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== escape ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === escapade f (plural escapades) escapade === Further reading === “escapade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === escapade second-person plural imperative of escapar