ricochet

English

Etymology

From French ricochet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɪkəʃeɪ/, X-SAMPA: /rIk@SeI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

ricochet (plural ricochets)

1. (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
2. An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

Translations

an instance of ricocheting

• Finnish: kimmoke (fi)
• French: ricochet (fr)

• Icelandic: endurkast n, skopp n
• Maori: ripi (mi)
• Russian: рикошет (ru) (rikošét) m

Verb

ricochet (third-person singular simple present ricochets, present participle ricocheting, simple past and past participle ricocheted)

1. To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
2. (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.

Translations

To rebound

• Finnish: kimmota (fi)
• French: ricocher, faire ricochet
• Icelandic: endurkastast, kastast frá, skoppa, fleyta kerlingar

• Maori: ripi (mi)
• Russian: бить рикошетом (ru) (bitʹ rikošétom), рикошетировать (ru) (rikošetírovatʹ)

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French

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

• The word first appears in the phrases chanson du/de riochet, fable du ricochet. This is apparently related to other story-titles such as the fable du rouge kokelet; other dialectal terms such as ripoton (“duckling”) and Norman recoquet (“chick”) has led to theories that the word originally indicated a "young cock". The sense-development is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁikɔʃɛ/

Noun

ricochet m (plural ricochets)

1. rebound; ricochet