raquette

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛt/
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Noun edit

raquette f (plural raquettes)

racket
snowshoe
(ornithology) an ellipsoid flight feather barbed distally from the rachis
Synonym: palette
opuntia

Descendants edit

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: ракета (raketa)
→ Catalan: raqueta
→ English: racquet, racket
→ Italian: racchetta
→ Portuguese: raquete, raqueta; raquette
→ Russian: раке́тка f (rakétka)
→ Spanish: raqueta

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

raquette f (plural raquettes)

Obsolete spelling of raquete

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