escapade

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• ĕs'kə-pād'
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈeskəˌpæɪd/
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• rhymes with -eɪd
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• obsolete: ĕs'kə-päd'
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• obsolete: /ˌɛskəˈpɑːd/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 S K AH0 P EY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лудория (ludorija) — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Bulgarian: приключение (priključenie) — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Danish: eskapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Dutch: escapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Finnish: tempaus — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• French: escapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• German: Eskapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• German: Abenteuer — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• German: Streich — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Greek: περιπέτεια (peripéteia) — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Indonesian: petualangan — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Italian: scappatella — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Norwegian Bokmål: eskapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eskapade — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Plautdietsch: Rietut — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Portuguese: escapadela — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Portuguese: escapada — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Russian: эскапада (eskapada) — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Spanish: aventura — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Spanish: andanza — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Spanish: correría — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Spanish: travesura — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Spanish: escapada — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Swedish: eskapad — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention
• Turkish: kaçamak — daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention