noun, feminine

embuscade

/ɑ̃.bys.kad/

noun, feminine/ɑ̃.bys.kad/plural: embuscades

ambuscade; ambush

“tendre une embuscade à quelqu'un” — to ambush someone

Inherited from Middle French embuscade, itself a borrowing from Italian imboscata.

embuscade — French Dictionary | Passage