rescat
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rescate.
Noun
rescat
- (obsolete) ransom; release
Verb
rescat
- (obsolete) ransom; release
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rescat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Cartes, Caster, Caters, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, reäcts, traces
Catalan
Etymology
From rescatar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rəsˈkat/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /resˈkat/
Noun
rescat m (plural rescats)
- rescue
- ransom
Further reading
- “rescat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rescat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “rescat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rescat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.