fusillade

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

fusillade (plural fusillades)

1. The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
2. (by extension) A rapid burst.
   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw:

     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.

Translations

the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms

• Bulgarian: залп (bg) m (zalp)
• Esperanto: pafado
• French: fusillade (fr) f
• German: Gewehrfeuer (de) n, Geschützsalve f, Schusswechsel (de) m, Salve (de) f
• Hungarian: sortűz (hu)
• Irish: rúisc f
• Maori: waipū, waiwaipū
• Polish: salwa (pl) f
• Russian: стрельба́ (ru) f (strelʹbá)
• Spanish: descarga (es) f, ráfaga (es) f

a rapid outburst

• Spanish: ráfaga (es) f, torrente (es) m

Verb

fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)

1. To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

French

Etymology

From fusiller +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi.jad/

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Noun

fusillade f (plural fusillades)

1. shootout; shooting (of a firearm)

   Il a été condamné à mort par fusillade. ― He was sentenced to death by firing squad.

   L’état des trois victimes de la fusillade est critique. ― The three gunshot victims are in critical condition.

2. fusillade
3. (ice hockey) penalty

Derived terms

• tir de fusillade

Related terms

• fusil

Further reading

• “fusillade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.