Added 10 October 2026
cannonade
/ˌkænəˈneɪd/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cannonade at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Intense and continuous artillery fire.
verb
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.
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