"ressac" meaning in French

See ressac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁə.sak/ Forms: ressacs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish resaca. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|resaca}} Borrowed from Spanish resaca Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} ressac m (plural ressacs)
  1. swash, backwash Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ressac-fr-noun-eBZi4EyD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "resaca"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish resaca",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish resaca.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ressacs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "ressac m (plural ressacs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Erik Orsenna, chapter XIII, in La grammaire est une chanson douce, Stock:",
          "roman": "I certainly didn't hear anything. Nothing but the muffled rumble of the backwash, down behind the hill.",
          "text": "Bien sûr, je n’entendais rien. Rien que le grondement sourd du ressac, là-bas, derrière la colline.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swash, backwash"
      ],
      "id": "en-ressac-fr-noun-eBZi4EyD",
      "links": [
        [
          "swash",
          "swash"
        ],
        [
          "backwash",
          "backwash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁə.sak/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ressac"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "resaca"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish resaca",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish resaca.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "French terms derived from Spanish",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Erik Orsenna, chapter XIII, in La grammaire est une chanson douce, Stock:",
          "roman": "I certainly didn't hear anything. Nothing but the muffled rumble of the backwash, down behind the hill.",
          "text": "Bien sûr, je n’entendais rien. Rien que le grondement sourd du ressac, là-bas, derrière la colline.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swash, backwash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swash",
          "swash"
        ],
        [
          "backwash",
          "backwash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁə.sak/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ressac"
}

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