Escalade (noun)
es-kal-ayd
The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
Late 16th century: from French, or from Spanish escalada, escalado, from medieval Latin scalare ‘to scale, climb’, from Latin scala ‘ladder’.
Example sentences
“We lost twenty men during the escalade.”

Soigné (adj) swahn-yay Carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed First recorded in 1915–20. Borrowed directly from French; originally from soin, meaning “care.” (more…)