noun
Meaning 1
The firing of artillery for a length of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cannonade
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌkænəˈneɪd/
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/ˈkænəˌneɪd/
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rhymes with -eɪd
noun
Meaning 2
A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
Meaning 3
To discharge artillery fire upon.
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noun
Meaning 4
intense and continuous artillery fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drumfire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artillery fire, cannon fire
verb
Meaning 5
attack with cannons or artillery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attack, assail
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: канана́да (kananáda) — firing of artillery
- Bulgarian: канона́да (kanonáda) — firing of artillery
- Catalan: canoneig — firing of artillery
- Chinese Mandarin: 砲擊 /炮击 (pàojī) — firing of artillery
- Finnish: tykistökeskitys — firing of artillery
- French: canonnade — firing of artillery
- German: Kanonade — firing of artillery
- Icelandic: stórskotahríð — firing of artillery
- Italian: cannoneggiamento — firing of artillery
- Japanese: 砲撃 (hōgeki) — firing of artillery
- Polish: kanonada — firing of artillery
- Russian: канона́да (kanonáda) — firing of artillery
- Spanish: cañoneo — firing of artillery
- Swedish: kanonad — firing of artillery
- Ukrainian: канона́да (kanonáda) — firing of artillery
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