chamade

/ʃəˈmɑːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

"But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts."

Borrowed from French chamade, from Italian or Portuguese, from Latin clamare.

chamades (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce chamade?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʃəˈmɑːd/.

What does chamade mean?

A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.

Where does chamade come from?

It is traced to French.

How to pronounce chamade

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