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squadron

/skˈwɒdɹən/SKWO-druhn
/skˈwɑdɹən/SKWAH-druhn

Meaninga square

Common meaning: a unit of warships, aircraft or cavalry

Journey through time

  1. Italiansquadrone‘a troop of soldiers in a square’source
  2. Old Frenchesquadron‘a squadron’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa troop of soldiers in a square → a unit of warships, aircraft or cavalrysquadron‘a unit of warships, aircraft or cavalry’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian squadrone ‘a square’.

Roots

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