raquette
French
Etymology
From Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kɛt/
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Noun
raquette f (plural raquettes)
- (sports) racket
- snowshoe
Descendants
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: ракета (raketa)
- → Catalan: raqueta
- → English: racquet, racket
- → Italian: racchetta
- → Portuguese: raquete, raqueta; raquette
- → Russian: раке́тка f (rakétka)
- → Spanish: raqueta
Further reading
- “raquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
raquette f (plural raquettes)
- Obsolete spelling of raquete