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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish resaca.
Pronunciation
Noun
ressac m (plural ressacs)
- swash, backwash
2001, Erik Orsenna, chapter XIII, in La grammaire est une chanson douce, Stock:Bien sûr, je n’entendais rien. Rien que le grondement sourd du ressac, là-bas, derrière la colline.- I certainly didn't hear anything. Nothing but the muffled rumble of the backwash, down behind the hill.
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