matraque
See also: matraqué
French edit
Etymology edit
From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matraque f (plural matraques)
- truncheon (weapon), billy club
- blackjack, cosh
Verb edit
matraque
- inflection of matraquer:
Further reading edit
- “matraque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.