ressac

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.sak/

Noun

ressac m (plural ressacs)

1. swash, backwash
   • 2001, Erik Orsenna, chapter XIII, in La grammaire est une chanson douce, Stock:

     Bien sûr, je n’entendais rien. Rien que le grondement sourd du ressac, là-bas, derrière la colline.

     I certainly didn't hear anything. Nothing but the muffled rumble of the backwash, down behind the hill.

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Further reading

• “ressac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.