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escadrille

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

noun escadrilles

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

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"escadrille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/escadrille. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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escadrille. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/escadrille

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"escadrille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/escadrille.

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@misc{escadrille_2026,
  title = {escadrille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/escadrille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}