escadrille

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noun

A small squadron.

OriginFrench escadrille →
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Meanings

nounescadrille (plural escadrilles)

plural escadrilles

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

Origin

  1. Frenchescadrille
  2. Englishescadrille

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

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APA

escadrille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escadrille

MLA

“escadrille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escadrille. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escadrille,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escadrille.

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