| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| escadrille |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·ca·drille |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s k -dr l , -dr |
| NOUN: | A unit of a European air command, as in France during World War I, typically containing ten or more aircraft. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra, squadron, from escuadrar, to square off, from Vulgar Latin *exquadr re. See square.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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