patrouille

See also: Patrouille and patrouillé

Dutch

Etymology

From French patrouille, from Old French patrouille, patouille (a night-watch, literally a tramping about), from patrouiller, patouiller, patoiller (to paddle or pudder in water, dabble with the feet, begrime, besmear), from patte, pate (paw, foot of an animal), from Vulgar Latin *patta (paw, foot), from Frankish *patta (paw, sole of the foot), from Proto-Germanic *paþjaną, *paþōną (to walk, tread, go, step, pace), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (path; to walk), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (path; to go); see find. Cognate with Low German pedden (to step, tread), German patschen (to splash, smack, dabble, waddle), German Patsche (a swatter, beater, paw, puddle, mire). Related to pad, patte.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧trouil‧le

Noun

patrouille c (plural patrouilles)

  1. patrol

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

patrouille f (plural patrouilles)

  1. patrol

Descendants

Verb

patrouille

  1. first-person singular present indicative of patrouiller
  2. third-person singular present indicative of patrouiller
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of patrouiller
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of patrouiller
  5. second-person singular imperative of patrouiller

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