# escalade

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ · frequency rank #52,300

## Definitions
1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/escalade