escarmouche

Signification

Noun

1. skirmish; dispute
2. skirmish (small combat)

Verb

1. inflection of escarmoucher:
2. inflection of escarmoucher:

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛs.kaʁ.muʃ/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche (“skirmish”), from Old Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”), from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to shelter”).
Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade, protection”). More at skirmish, screen.