matraque

See also: matraqué

French

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق‎ (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא‎ (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.tʁak/

Noun

matraque f (plural matraques)

truncheon (weapon), billy club
blackjack, cosh

Verb

matraque

first-person singular present indicative of matraquer
third-person singular present indicative of matraquer
first-person singular present subjunctive of matraquer
third-person singular present subjunctive of matraquer
second-person singular imperative of matraquer

Further reading

“matraque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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