fusillade
French, noun/fy.zi.jad/
fusillade is spelled F-U-S-I-L-L-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fusillade is a French feminine noun meaning “shootout; shooting (of a firearm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Décharge de plusieurs fusils, dans un combat, dans un exercice militaire, etc”.
What does fusillade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshootout; shooting (of a firearm)
Il a été condamné à mort par fusillade.
- 2
femininefusillade
- 3
femininepenalty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Décharge de plusieurs fusils, dans un combat, dans un exercice militaire, etc.
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 fusillade
- fusillades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fusillade?
- /fy.zi.jad/
- \fy.zi.jad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fusillade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fusillade in French?
fusillade appears 7.1 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).