trinquet
Catalan
Alternative forms
- triquet
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan triquet, from French triquet.
Pronunciation
Noun
trinquet m (plural trinquets)
- foremast
- foresail
- ratchet
- Synonym: cadell
- (ball games) an enclosed court used for playing various forms of pelota including Basque pelota and Valencian pilota
Further reading
- “trinquet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ̃.kɛ/
Noun
trinquet m (plural trinquets)
Further reading
- “trinquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.