repechage

WOTD - 15 May 2009    

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Alternative forms

• repêchage

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/, /ɹɛpˈɪ.ʃɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA: /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 (cs) f. (in rowing) Danish: opsamlingsheat (da) Dutch: herkansing (nl) French: repêchage (fr) m. German: (esp. in rowing) Hoffnungslauf (de) m., (in fencing) Trostrunde (de) f.

Greek: ρεπεσάζ (el) (repesáz) n. Italian: ripescaggio (it) m. Norwegian: oppsamlingsheat (no) Polish: repasaż (pl) m. Portuguese: repescagem (pt) Spanish: repesca (es) f.