roquette
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French roquette. Cognate with rocket, see that entry for other cognates.
Noun[edit]
roquette (usually uncountable, plural roquettes)
- A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Middle French roquette, borrowed from Italian rocchetta, from a diminutive form of rocca, from Lombardic rocko, rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.
Noun[edit]
roquette f (plural roquettes)
- rocket (weapon)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin erūca.
Noun[edit]
roquette f (plural roquettes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: roket
Further reading[edit]
- “roquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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