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raket.

rocket, missile

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/raːˈkɛt/
  1. rocket, missile

    feminine
  2. firework

    feminine
  3. a type of ice cream in the shape of a rocket

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), of Germanic origin, perhaps Gothic rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock⁴.

noun/raːˈkɛt/
  1. any plant of the genus Sisymbrium

    feminine
    Russische raket
  2. any of various plants resembling plants of the genus Sisymbrium, generally also of the Brassicaceae family

    feminine
    zeeraket
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to English arugula and rocket. Doublet of rucola.

noun/raːˈkɛt/
  1. synonym of racket (“racket, a type of sports implement”)

    feminine · neuter · rare
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English racket, from French raquette. Previously borrowed from Middle French raquette.

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