different between armada vs escadrille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?, from arma. Doublet of army.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????m??d?/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

armada (plural armadas)

1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
3. A large flock of anything.

Translations

Anagrams

• Damara, ramada

Catalan

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???ma.d?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?ma.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??ma.da/

Noun

armada f (plural armades)

1. navy

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

Verb

armada f sg

1. past participle of armar

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rm?(?)d?/, [??rm?(?)d?]
• Rhymes: -?rm?d?
• Syllabification: ar?ma?da

Noun

armada

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Declension

Anagrams

• draama

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Further reading

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

Ladino

Noun

armada f (Latin spelling, plural armadas)

1. army

Portuguese

Etymology

From armar +? -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?ma.ð?/
• Hyphenation: ar?ma?da

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

Verb

armada

1. feminine singular past participle of armar

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian armada. Compare Italian armata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armá?da/

Noun

arm?da f

1. army

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??mada/, [a??ma.ð?a]

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. navy
2. fleet

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

Verb

armada f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of armar.

Further reading

• “armada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

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

Noun

escadrille (plural escadrilles)

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

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Lafayette Escadrille

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French escadrille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.ka??dri.j?/
• Hyphenation: es?ca?dril?le

Noun

escadrille f or n (plural escadrilles)

1. escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes

Related terms

• eskader

French

Etymology

From Spanish escuadrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.ka.d?ij/

Noun

escadrille f (plural escadrilles)

1. squadron (of airplanes)
2. flotilla

Descendants

• ? Danish: eskadrille
• ? Dutch: escadrille
• ? English: escadrille

Further reading

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