raquette
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
raquette f (plural raquettes)
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: ракета (raketa)
- → Catalan: raqueta
- → English: racquet, racket
- → Italian: racchetta
- → Portuguese: raquete
- → Spanish: raqueta
Further reading[edit]
- “raquette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
raquette f (plural raquettes)
- Obsolete spelling of raquete