repechage

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UK/ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/UK/ˈɹɛp.ɪ.ʃɑːʒ/US/ˌɹɛp.əˈʃɑʒ/US/ɹəˌpɛʃˈɑʒ/

noun

A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.

OriginFrench repêchage →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounrepechage (countable and uncountable, plural repechages)

plural repechages · alternative repêchage

  1. countablehobbiesA heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
  2. uncountablehobbiesThe use of this form of competition.

Origin

  1. Frenchrepêchage
  2. Englishrepechage

From French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue”), from re- (“again”) + pêcher (“to fish”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 復活賽 /复活赛
  • 復活賽 /复活赛 (fùhuósài)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Czech opravná jízda
  • opravná jízdaheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Danish opsamlingsheat
  • opsamlingsheatheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Dutch herkansing
  • herkansingheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Finnish keräilyerä
  • keräilyeräheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
French repêchage
  • repêchageheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
German Hoffnungslauf, Trostrunde
  • Hoffnungslaufheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
  • Trostrundeheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Greek ρεπεσάζ
  • ρεπεσάζ (repesáz)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Hungarian vigaszág, reményfutam
  • vigaszágheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
  • reményfutamheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Italian ripescaggio
  • ripescaggioheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Korean 패자부활전
  • 패자부활전 (paejabuhwaljeon)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Norwegian oppsamlingsheat
  • oppsamlingsheatheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Persian شانس مجدد, ریشاژ
  • شانس مجدد (šâns-e mojaddad)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
  • ریشاژ (repešâž)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Polish repasaż, repesaż
  • repasażheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
  • repesażheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Portuguese repescagem
  • repescagemheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Romanian recalificări
  • recalificăriheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Russian репеша́ж
  • репеша́ж (repešáž)heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Spanish repesca, repechaje
  • repescaheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
  • repechajeheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Swedish uppsamlingsheat
  • uppsamlingsheatheat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
Cite this entry
APA

repechage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repechage

MLA

“repechage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repechage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repechage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repechage.

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