raquetebol

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English racquetball. By surface analysis, raquete +‎ -bol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [ha.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [ha.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [χa.kɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɛ.teˈbɔw/ [ha.kɛ.teˈbɔʊ̯]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl

Noun

raquetebol m (uncountable)

1. racquetball

Further reading

• “raquetebol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025