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French
- courbache (directly from Ottoman, of somewhat independent meaning)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Karbatsche, from Polish karbacz, karabacz, korbacz, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç).
Pronunciation
Noun
cravache f (plural cravaches)
- quirt, riding crop
Descendants
Verb
cravache
- inflection of cravacher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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)
- 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