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]

IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛt/

Noun[edit]

raquette f (plural raquettes)

(sports) racket
snowshoe

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

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