English
Etymology
From French #French|chamade, from Portuguese chamada, from chamar, from Latin clamare.
Pronunciation
IPA|/���m�:d/
Noun
en-noun
- (Military History) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
#:*1762: But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 6 (Penguin 2003, p.402)
Translations
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Russian: �амад (šamád) m
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