escalader

English

Etymology

From escalade +‎ -er.

Noun

escalader (plural escaladers)

1. A soldier who escalades.

Anagrams

• acre-dales, acredales

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ka.la.de/

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Verb

escalader

1. to escalade (attack (e.g. a castle) by using ladders etc. to climb to the top)
2. (climbing) to climb, to go rock climbing

Conjugation

Conjugation of escalader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	escalader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	escaladant /ɛs.ka.la.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		escaladé /ɛs.ka.la.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	escalade /ɛs.ka.lad/	escalades /ɛs.ka.lad/	escalade /ɛs.ka.lad/	escaladons /ɛs.ka.la.dɔ̃/	escaladez /ɛs.ka.la.de/	escaladent /ɛs.ka.lad/
	imperfect	escaladais /ɛs.ka.la.dɛ/	escaladais /ɛs.ka.la.dɛ/	escaladait /ɛs.ka.la.dɛ/	escaladions /ɛs.ka.la.djɔ̃/	escaladiez /ɛs.ka.la.dje/	escaladaient /ɛs.ka.la.dɛ/
	past historic2	escaladai /ɛs.ka.la.de/	escaladas /ɛs.ka.la.da/	escalada /ɛs.ka.la.da/	escaladâmes /ɛs.ka.la.dam/	escaladâtes /ɛs.ka.la.dat/	escaladèrent /ɛs.ka.la.dɛʁ/
	future	escaladerai /ɛs.ka.la.dʁe/	escaladeras /ɛs.ka.la.dʁa/	escaladera /ɛs.ka.la.dʁa/	escaladerons /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɔ̃/	escaladerez /ɛs.ka.la.dʁe/	escaladeront /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	escaladerais /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɛ/	escaladerais /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɛ/	escaladerait /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɛ/	escaladerions /ɛs.ka.la.də.ʁjɔ̃/	escaladeriez /ɛs.ka.la.də.ʁje/	escaladeraient /ɛs.ka.la.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	escalade /ɛs.ka.lad/	escalades /ɛs.ka.lad/	escalade /ɛs.ka.lad/	escaladions /ɛs.ka.la.djɔ̃/	escaladiez /ɛs.ka.la.dje/	escaladent /ɛs.ka.lad/
	imperfect2	escaladasse /ɛs.ka.la.das/	escaladasses /ɛs.ka.la.das/	escaladât /ɛs.ka.la.da/	escaladassions /ɛs.ka.la.da.sjɔ̃/	escaladassiez /ɛs.ka.la.da.sje/	escaladassent /ɛs.ka.la.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	escalade /ɛs.ka.lad/	—	escaladons /ɛs.ka.la.dɔ̃/	escaladez /ɛs.ka.la.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• désescalader
• escalade

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• décaleras