embuscade

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bys.kad/
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Noun

embuscade f (plural embuscades)

ambuscade; ambush

Further reading

“embuscade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian imboscata.

Noun

embuscade f (plural embuscades)

ambuscade; ambush

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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (embuscade, supplement)

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