Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fusillade

/ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: fusil-lade
IPA: /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.

noun

verb

To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

Example Sentences

"But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door."

Etymology

From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: fusillade

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

fusillades (plural) fusillades (present, singular) fusillading (participle, present) fusilladed (participle, past) fusilladed (past)

Synonyms

salvo volley burst

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce fusillade?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/.
What does fusillade mean?: The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
Where does fusillade come from?: It is traced to French.

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