repechage

See also: repêchage

English

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repechage

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Alternative forms

• repêchage

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):

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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.

Translations

heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round

Chinese: Mandarin: 復活賽 / 复活赛 (zh) (fùhuósài) Czech: opravná jízda f (in rowing) Danish: opsamlingsheat Dutch: herkansing (nl) Finnish: keräilyerä (fi) French: repêchage (fr) m German: (esp. in rowing) Hoffnungslauf m, (in fencing) Trostrunde f Greek: ρεπεσάζ (el) n (repesáz) Hungarian: vigaszág (hu) Italian: ripescaggio m Korean: 패자부활전(敗者復活戰) (ko) (paejabuhwaljeon) Norwegian: oppsamlingsheat Persian: شانس مجدد (šâns-e mojaddad), ریشاژ (repešâž) Polish: repasaż (pl) m, repesaż m Portuguese: repescagem Romanian: recalificări pl Russian: репеша́ж m (repešáž) Spanish: (Spain) repesca (es) f, (Latin America) repechaje (es) m Swedish: uppsamlingsheat (sv) n

See also

• A final / A-final
• B final / B-final
• relegation