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

Noun

raquette f (plural raquettes)

  1. racket
  2. snowshoe
  3. (ornithology) an ellipsoid flight feather barbed distally from the rachis
    Synonym: palette
  4. opuntia

Descendants

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

raquette f (plural raquettes)

  1. obsolete spelling of raquete
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