raque

See also: Raque and raqué

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

raque

1. inflection of raquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• arque, arqué

Galician

Etymology

From New Latin rachis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”).

Noun

raque m (plural raques)

1. (ornithology) rachis (of a feather)
2. (botany) rachis (of a compound leaf)

Derived terms

• hiporraque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ki/ [ˈha.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ki/ [ˈha.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ki/ [ˈχa.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ke/ [ˈha.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: ra‧que

Noun

raque f (plural raques)

1. rachis (main shaft of a feather)
2. rachis (main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain or fern frond)

Further reading

• “raque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrake/ [ˈra.ke]
• Rhymes: -ake
• Syllabification: ra‧que

Noun

raque m (plural raques)

1. Vallea stipularis, an Andean tree.

   Synonym: sacha capulí

Further reading

• “raque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024