repechage

See also: repêchage

English

WOTD – 15 May 2009, 12 August 2012, 12 August 2013, 12 August 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/, /ˈɹɛp.ɪ.ʃɑːʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛp.əˈʃɑʒ/, /ɹəˌpɛʃˈɑʒ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

repechage (countable and uncountable, plural repechages)

  1. (sports, countable) 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.
  2. (sports, uncountable) The use of this form of competition.

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