escadron
French, noun/ɛs.ka.dʁɔ̃/
escadron is spelled E-S-C-A-D-R-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escadron is a French masculine noun meaning “squadron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Troupe, généralement de cavalerie, composée d’une ou de plusieurs compagnies, et, en général, de quatre au…”.
What does escadron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquadron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Troupe, généralement de cavalerie, composée d’une ou de plusieurs compagnies, et, en général, de quatre au plus. 2. Unité d’avions de combat. 3. Bande armée organisée sur le modèle militaire et agissant en-dehors de la loi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escadron
- escadrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escadron?
- /ɛs.ka.dʁɔ̃/
- \ɛs.ka.dʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escadron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escadron in French?
escadron appears 2.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).