escapade
French, noun/ɛs.ka.pad/
escapade is spelled E-S-C-A-P-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escapade is a French feminine noun meaning “escapade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action du cheval qui s'emporte”.
What does escapade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineescapade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action du cheval qui s'emporte. 2. Action de se dérober, de manquer à son devoir pour aller se divertir. 3. Agissement en dehors du bon sens, de ce qui est convenable. 4. Voyage décidé pour changer du quotidien.
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 escapade
- escapades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escapade?
- /ɛs.ka.pad/
- \ɛs.ka.pad\
- [ɛɬ͡s.ka.pad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escapade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escapade in French?
escapade appears 1.7 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).