repechage

repechage

See also: repêchage

WOTD – 15 May 2009

English

WOTD – 12 August 2012

Alternative forms

• repêchage

Etymology

From French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue”), from re- (“again”) + pêcher (“to fish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/, /ˈɹɛp.ɪ.ʃɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛp.əˈʃɑʒ/, /ɹəˌpɛʃˈɑʒ/

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Noun

repechage (plural repechages)

1. (sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.

Translations

heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round

Czech: opravná jízda f (in rowing) Danish: opsamlingsheat Dutch: herkansing (nl) Finnish: keräilyerä (fi) French: repêchage (fr) m German: (esp. in rowing) Hoffnungslauf m, (in fencing) Trostrunde f Greek: ρεπεσάζ (el) n (repesáz) Hungarian: vigaszág

Italian: ripescaggio m Norwegian: oppsamlingsheat Persian: شانس مجدد‎ (šâns-e mojaddad), ریشاژ‎ (repešâž) Polish: repasaż m Portuguese: repescagem Russian: репеша́ж m (repešáž) Spanish: repesca (es) f Swedish: uppsamlingsheat n

See also

• A final / A-final
• B final / B-final
• relegation