raquete
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French raquette (“racquet”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/ [haˈkɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/ [χaˈkɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.te/ [haˈkɛ.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: ra‧que‧te
Noun
raquete f (plural raquetes)
- (sports) racket (implement with a frame used to hit a ball)
- snowshoe (flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow)
Derived terms
- raquetada
- raquete elétrica
- raquetear
- raqueteiro
References
- ^ “raquete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “raquete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “raquete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026