Echelon

English

Noun

Echelon (plural Echelons)

1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
2. (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows.

Verb

Echelon (third-person singular simple present Echelons, present participle Echeloning, simple past and past participle Echeloned)

1. To form troops into an echelon.

Thesaurus

battle array, caste, class, close formation, condition, deployment, disposition, file, footing, formation, formation flying, hierarchy, open order, order, order of battle, place, position, power structure, precedence, queue, rank, rate, rating, row, sphere, stage, standing, station, status, string, tier

Etymology

French échelon, from échelle 'ladder'.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, IPA: /ˈɛkəlɒn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɑːn/

Translations

Noun

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society

Finnish: taso (fi) Portuguese: escalão (pt)

Spanish: escalón (es)

A formation of troops

Finnish: vinorivi Italian: scaglione (it) m.

Spanish: escalón (es)

Verb

To form troops into an echelon

Italian: scaglionare (it) Portuguese: escalonar (pt)

Spanish: escalonar (es)

See also

• 15px Echelon formation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Echelon formation

Anagrams

• chelone