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raquette.

racquet / racket (for tennis, badminton, etc.)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁa.kɛt/[ra.ket]Louisiana
  1. racquet / racket (for tennis, badminton, etc.)

    feminine
  2. ellipsis of raquette à neige (“snowshoe”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  3. an ellipsoid flight feather barbed distally from the rachis

    broadly · feminine
  4. prickly pear (cactus) (Opuntia)

    feminine
  5. cactus (generally)

    Louisiana · also · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).

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