demarrage

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French démarrage. Equivalent to demarreren +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: de‧mar‧ra‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

demarrage f (plural demarrages)

1. (cycling) a sudden sprint away from the other competitors

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “demarrage”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute