echelon
ech·e·lon
echelon · echelons · echeloned · echeloning
ешелонувати
эшелонировать
escalonar
échelonner
scaglionare
eszelonować
escalonar
To form troops into an echelonTo form troops into an echelon.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn/US/ˈɛʃ.əˌlɑn/
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
to form troops into an echelon:
Русский
By meaning 1
to form troops into an echelon:
Meaning
1 sensesTo form troops into an echelon.
эшелони́роватьešelonírovatʹ
ешелонува́тиešelonuváty
Origin
Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (diminutiveBorrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).
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Forms
echelons, echeloning, echeloned, echelonedTenses
echelon · echeloned · will echelon · have echelonedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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