escarmouche

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escarmouche. Doublet of skirmish and Scaramouche. === Noun === escarmouche (plural escarmouches) (obsolete) A skirmish. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche (“skirmish”), from Old Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”), from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to shelter”). Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade, protection”). More at skirmish, screen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.muʃ/ Homophones: escarmouchent, escarmouches === Noun === escarmouche f (plural escarmouches) skirmish; dispute (military) skirmish (small combat) === Verb === escarmouche inflection of escarmoucher: first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Derived terms === escarmoucher === See also === === Further reading === “escarmouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012