embuscade
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French embuscade, itself a borrowing from Italian imboscata.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
embuscade f (plural embuscades)
- ambuscade; ambush
- tendre une embuscade à quelqu’un ― to ambush someone
- se tenir en embuscade ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with embûche.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “embuscade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian imboscata.
Noun[edit]
embuscade f (plural embuscades)
Descendants[edit]
- French: embuscade
References[edit]
- 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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