dégringolade
See also: degringolade
English
    
    
Quotations
    
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dégringolade.
French
    
    Etymology
    
From dégringoler (“to fall, tumble”) + -ade.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lad/
- Audio (CAN) - (file) 
Noun
    
dégringolade f (plural dégringolades)
- fall, tumble; collapse
-  1897 December 20, Solness, À Montmartre:- Et ceci est un signe des temps. La Butte glisse. Comment expliquer cette visible et progressive dégringolade de Montmartre ? N'accusez ni les chansonniers ni la versatilité du public.- And this is a sign of the times. La Butte slips. How do you explain this visible and progressive collapse of Montmartre? Don't accuse the singers or the audience's fickleness.
 
 
 
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Descendants
    
- → English: degringolade
- → Polish: degrengolada
Further reading
    
- “dégringolade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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