escarmoucher
French, verb/ɛs.kaʁ.mu.ʃe/
escarmoucher is spelled E-S-C-A-R-M-O-U-C-H-E-R (12 letters). Escarmoucher is a French verb meaning “to skirmish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combattre par escarmouches”.
What does escarmoucher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skirmish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Combattre par escarmouches. 2. Engager une discussion par de légères attaques, en poussant des saillies.
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 escarmoucher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- escarmouchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- escarmouché participle past
- escarmouche first-person indicative present
- escarmouches indicative present second-person
- escarmouchons first-person indicative plural
- escarmouchez indicative plural present
- escarmouchent indicative plural present
- escarmouchais first-person imperfect indicative
- escarmouchait imperfect indicative singular
- escarmouchions first-person imperfect indicative
- escarmouchiez imperfect indicative plural
- escarmouchaient imperfect indicative plural
- escarmouchai first-person historic indicative
- escarmouchas historic indicative past
- escarmoucha historic indicative past
- escarmouchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarmoucher?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.mu.ʃe/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.mu.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escarmoucher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.