cravache

See also: cravaché

French

Alternative forms

• courbache (directly from Ottoman, of somewhat independent meaning)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karbatsche, from Polish karbacz, karabacz, korbacz, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁa.vaʃ/

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Noun

cravache f (plural cravaches)

1. quirt, riding crop

Descendants

• → Romanian: cravașă

Verb

cravache

1. inflection of cravacher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cravache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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)

1. 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