rescousse
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French rescusse, nominalised past participle of rescourre, from Latin excutere (“to shake off, drive out”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrescousse f (plural rescousses)
- rescue
- Il vint à la rescousse de la princesse
- He came to the princess' rescue
- appeler quelqu’un à la rescousse ― to call someone to the rescue
Further reading
edit- “rescousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.