pétanque

See also: petanque

English

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɑːŋk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈtæŋk/

Noun

pétanque (uncountable)

1. A form of boules originating from the south of France.

Translations

form of boules

• Arabic: بَيْتَانْك f (baytānk)
• Asturian: petanca f
• Bulgarian: петанк (petank)
• Catalan: petanca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法式滾球／法式滚球 (fàshì gǔnqiú)

• Czech: petanque m
• Dutch: pétanque (nl), petanque (nl)
• Finnish: petanque, petankki (fi)
• French: pétanque (fr) f
• Galician: petanca f, bochas f
• German: Pétanque (de) n
• Greek: πετάνκ (petánk)
• Hebrew: פטאנק
• Italian: pétanque f, petanque f
• Japanese: ペタンク (petanku)
• Khmer: ប៉េតុង (peetong)
• Korean: 페탕크 (petangkeu)
• Lao: ເປຕັງ (pē tang), ເປຕອງ (pē tǭng)
• Maori: maita wīwī
• Occitan: petanca (oc) f
• Persian: پتانک (petânk)
• Portuguese: petanca f
• Russian: пета́нк (ru) m (petánk)
• Spanish: petanca (es) f
• Swedish: pétanque (sv) c
• Thai: เปตอง (th) (bpee-dtɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: петанк (petank)
• Vietnamese: bi sắt
• Walloon: petanke f

See also

• bocce

French

Etymology

From Provençal and Occitan petanca, pèd tanco (“foot fixed (to the ground)”), a contraction of pè (“foot”) and tancar (“to attach, close”), together meaning "feet together" in reference to the position that players are supposed to adopt when throwing the ball (in contrast to that of the Provençal version).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.tɑ̃k/

• Audio:

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  (Provence) IPA^(key): /peˈtãᵑkə/

Noun

pétanque f (uncountable)

1. pétanque

Descendants

• → English: pétanque, petanque
• → Italian: pétanque
• → Lao: ເປຕັງ (pē tang), ເປຕອງ (pē tǭng)
• → Khmer: ប៉េតុង (peetong)
• → Portuguese: petanca
• → Russian: пета́нк (petánk)
• → Spanish: petanca
• → Thai: เปตอง (bpee-dtɔɔng)
• → Turkish: petank

Further reading

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