English Explanatory Dictionary

escadrille

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small squadron.
  2. A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.

Word forms

escadrille escadrilles

Etymology

Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).

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