What does escalade in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word escalade in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use escalade in French.

The word escalade in French means climbing, rock climbing, mountaineering, escalation, climb, scale, climb, scale, escalate, climbing shoe, rise in violence, climbing gear, climbing wall. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word escalade

climbing, rock climbing

nom féminin (action d'escalader)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pendant mes vacances, je pratique l'escalade.
When I'm on holiday, I go rock climbing.

mountaineering

nom féminin (escalader une montagne)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il arrive de dévisser pendant une escalade.
It is possible to fall during mountaineering.

escalation

nom féminin (aggravation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a une escalade de la violence dans ce conflit.
There has been an escalation of violence in this conflict.

climb, scale

verbe transitif (passer par-dessus)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il escalade le mur pour sortir le soir.
He climbs (or: scales) the wall to go out at night.

climb, scale

verbe transitif (gravir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Sir Edmund Hillary fut le premier à escalader l'Himalaya.
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to climb (or: scale) the Himalayas.

escalate

verbe transitif (familier (passer au niveau supérieur)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nous avons escaladé le problème au support américain.
We have escalated the problem to the American support team.

climbing shoe

nom masculin (chaussure conçue pour l'escalade) (usually plural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour grimper, les chaussons d'escalade sont préférables, car ils sont plus souples.

rise in violence

nom féminin (enchaînement graduel de violence)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

climbing gear

nom masculin (équipement de varappe) (slightly informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les mousquetons font partie du matériel d'escalade.

climbing wall

nom masculin (agrès sportif) (sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le mur d'escalade est une paroi artificielle pour s'entraîner à l'escalade.

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