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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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

• “raquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

raquette f (plural raquettes)

1. Obsolete spelling of raquete.