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noun, feminine

embuscade

/ɑ̃.bys.kad/

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

embuscade is feminine in French.

ambuscade; ambush

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

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