Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mitraillade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-trail-lade
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.

Example Sentences

"The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness."
"when Collot d'Herbois and Fouché replaced him, a veritable frenzy of repression occurred, with opponents being gunned down into open graves in the so-called mitraillades."

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitraillade.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: mitraillade

Inflected Forms

mitraillades (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mitraille mitrailleur mitrailleuse

Questions

What does mitraillade mean?: Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
Where does mitraillade come from?: It is traced to French.

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