repechage

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French repêchage, from repêcher (to fish out, rescue), from re- (again) + pêcher (to fish).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/, /ˈɹɛp.ɪ.ʃɑːʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛp.əˈʃɑʒ/, /ɹəˌpɛʃˈɑʒ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

repechage (plural repechages)

  1. (sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.

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