escalade

climbing, escalation

noun es-ka-LAD Rare

Origin: From Spanish escalada, from escalar (to scale), from Latin scala (ladder).

Also means

scaling (of a wall)

Usage Note

escalade covers both the physical activity of rock climbing (faire de l'escalade) and the figurative sense of a conflict or crisis intensifying. L'escalade de la violence means 'the escalation of violence'. The verb is escalader.

Examples

"Elle fait de l'escalade chaque weekend."

Natural Translation

She goes climbing every weekend.

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