different between escalade vs escaladed

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scalae (“ladder”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??sk??le?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??sk??le?d/, /??sk??l?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

escalade (plural escalades)

1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications

   An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

Verb

escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

1. (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

Derived terms

• escalader

Translations

French

Etymology

From Italian scalata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.ka.lad/

Noun

escalade f (plural escalades)

1. (sports) climbing
2. escalation

Derived terms

• escalade de glace
• escalade sur glace
• escalader

Verb

escalade

1. first-person singular present indicative of escalader
2. third-person singular present indicative of escalader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of escalader
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of escalader
5. second-person singular imperative of escalader

Further reading

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

English

Verb

escaladed

1. simple past tense and past participle of escalade