cannonade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkænəˈneɪd/, /ˈkænəˌneɪd/[1][2]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

cannonade (plural cannonades)

  1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.
    • 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
      A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.
  2. (figuratively) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

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Verb

cannonade (third-person singular simple present cannonades, present participle cannonading, simple past and past participle cannonaded)

  1. To discharge artillery fire upon.

References

  1. ^ Szigetvári, Peter; Lindsey, Geoff (2013–2022), “cannonade”, in Current British English: searchable transcriptions (CUBE)‎[1]
  2. ^ Walker, John (1791), “Cannonade”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon […] and T. Cadell, →OCLC, page 150.
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