matraque
See also: matraqué
French
Etymology
From dialectal (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
matraque f (plural matraques)
- truncheon (weapon), billy club
- blackjack, cosh
Verb
matraque
- first-person singular present indicative of matraquer
- third-person singular present indicative of matraquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of matraquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of matraquer
- second-person singular imperative of matraquer
Further reading
- “matraque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.