Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dragonnade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drag-onnade
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.

noun

The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-der. Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai Ancient Greek δέρκομαι (dérkomai) Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn)der. Latin dracōslbor. Old French dragon French dragon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French dragonnadebor. English dragonnade Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade.

Inflected Forms

dragonnades (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does dragonnade mean?: A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.
Where does dragonnade come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-der. Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai Ancient Greek δέρκομαι (dérkomai) Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn)der. Latin dracōslbor. Old French dragon French dragon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French dragonnadebor. English dragonnade Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade.

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