généralen.

Brit.

/ʒɛneɪˈral/, U.S.

/ˌʒɛneɪˈrɑl/

Forms: 1600s– generale, 1800s– générale.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French générale.

Etymology: < French générale (1680), use as noun of feminine of général general adj. Compare slightly later general n. 5.

Military. Now historical.

= general n. 5. Frequently to beat the générale.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums

tattoo1644

trevally1645

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long roll1756

rappel1796

parley1867

assemble1883

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. Dd/2 Batre la Generale, to beat the Drum for all the Infantry to march, to beat a general March.]

1698 tr. Present State Europe Oct. 406 After they had beat the Generale, and a March, my Lord sent 'em a Thousand Florins to drink his Health.

1716 tr. Mem. Prince Eugene of Savoy II. 483 They then beat the Generale, afterwards the Assemblee.

1794 S. T. Coleridge Fall of Robespierre iii The dreadful generale Thunders through Paris.

1803 J. Nicholls Jrnl. 8 Oct. in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 394 The generale was beat at half-past four, the assembly at half-past five, and we marched immediately after.

a1845 T. O. Davis Poems (1846) 148 The generale's beating on many a drum.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 125 Then came drums of the national guard beating the rappel and the générale.

1980 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 52 Suppl. d1038 The drums should beat the générale.

1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) iv. 105 At the first stroke of the generale the Marines filed aft, right, aft, clump clump.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	générale
释义	généralen. Brit. /ʒɛneɪˈral/, U.S. /ˌʒɛneɪˈrɑl/ Forms: 1600s– generale, 1800s– générale. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French générale. Etymology: < French générale (1680), use as noun of feminine of général general adj. Compare slightly later general n. 5. Military. Now historical. = general n. 5. Frequently to beat the générale. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums tattoo1644 trevally1645 troop1688 générale1698 general1706 retreat1706 long roll1756 rappel1796 parley1867 assemble1883 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. Dd/2 Batre la Generale, to beat the Drum for all the Infantry to march, to beat a general March.] 1698 tr. Present State Europe Oct. 406 After they had beat the Generale, and a March, my Lord sent 'em a Thousand Florins to drink his Health. 1716 tr. Mem. Prince Eugene of Savoy II. 483 They then beat the Generale, afterwards the Assemblee. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Fall of Robespierre iii The dreadful generale Thunders through Paris. 1803 J. Nicholls Jrnl. 8 Oct. in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 394 The generale was beat at half-past four, the assembly at half-past five, and we marched immediately after. a1845 T. O. Davis Poems (1846) 148 The generale's beating on many a drum. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 125 Then came drums of the national guard beating the rappel and the générale. 1980 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 52 Suppl. d1038 The drums should beat the générale. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) iv. 105 At the first stroke of the generale the Marines filed aft, right, aft, clump clump. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698
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