embuscade
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French embuscade, itself a borrowing from Italian imboscata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bys.kad/
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Noun
embuscade f (plural embuscades)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with embûche.
Related terms
Further reading
- “embuscade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Descendants
- French: embuscade
References
- embuscade on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (embuscade, supplement)
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