cravache

See also: cravaché

French

Alternative forms

  • courbache (directly from Ottoman, of somewhat independent meaning)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karbatsche, from Polish karbacz, karabacz, korbacz, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁa.vaʃ/
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Noun

cravache f (plural cravaches)

  1. quirt, riding crop

Descendants

  • Romanian: cravașă

Verb

cravache

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

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cravache. Doublet of cravascia (semi-learned borrowing from the same term), and curbascio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kraˈvaʃ/*
  • Rhymes: -aʃ
  • Hyphenation: cra‧vàche

Noun

cravache f (invariable)

  1. riding crop
    Synonym: (rare) cravascia

References

  • cravache in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • cravache in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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