ressac

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

Noun

ressac m (plural ressacs)

  1. 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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