cravache
See also: cravaché
French
Alternative forms
- courbache (directly from Ottoman, of somewhat independent meaning)
Etymology
From German Karbatsche, from Polish karbacz, karabacz, korbacz, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁa.vaʃ/
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Noun
cravache f (plural cravaches)
- quirt, riding crop
Descendants
- → Romanian: cravașă
Verb
cravache
- inflection of cravacher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cravache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.