roquette
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French roquette. Cognate with rocket, see that entry for other cognates.
Noun
editroquette (usually uncountable, plural roquettes)
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle French roquette, borrowed from Italian rocchetta, from a diminutive form of rocca, from Lombardic rocko, rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.
Noun
editroquette f (plural roquettes)
- rocket (weapon)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin erūca.
Noun
editroquette f (plural roquettes)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Turkish: roket
Further reading
edit- “roquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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