matraque

See also: matraqué

French

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁak/

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Noun

matraque f (plural matraques)

1. truncheon (weapon), billy club
2. blackjack, cosh

Verb

matraque

1. inflection of matraquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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