raquette

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛt/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ra.ket]

Noun

raquette f (plural raquettes)

1. (sports) racquet / racket (for tennis, badminton, etc.)
2. ellipsis of raquette à neige (“snowshoe”)
3. (ornithology, by extension) an ellipsoid flight feather barbed distally from the rachis

   Synonym: palette

4. prickly pear (cactus) (Opuntia)
5. (Louisiana, also) cactus (generally)

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: rakét, larakèt
• → Bulgarian: ракета (raketa)
• → Catalan: raqueta
• → English: racquet, racket
• → Italian: racchetta
• → Portuguese: raquete, raqueta, raquette (obsolete)
• → Russian: раке́тка f (rakétka)
• → Spanish: raqueta

Further reading

• “raquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Valdman, Albert, et al. (2009), Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

raquette f (plural raquettes)

1. obsolete spelling of raquete