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repechage.

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.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/UK/ˈɹɛp.ɪ.ʃɑːʒ/UK/ˌɹɛp.əˈʃɑʒ/US/ɹəˌpɛʃˈɑʒ/US
  1. 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.

    countable
  2. The use of this form of competition.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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