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requit

English

Verb

requit (third-person singular simple present requits, present participle requitting, simple past and past participle requitted)

  1. Obsolete form of requite.

French

Verb

requit

  1. third-person singular past historic of requérir

Anagrams

  • quiert
  • tiquer
  • trique

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requin

English

Etymology

From French requin (shark); see below.

Noun

requin (plural requins)

  1. (dated) The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

Anagrams

  • quiner

French

Etymology

1539; Normand reflex of Old French reschin (12th c.), deverbal of reschignier (to grimace while baring teeth), rekigner (to make an ugly face). From Proto-Germanic *k?nan? (to split open).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.k??/

Noun

requin m (plural requins)

  1. shark
    Synonym: squale

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? English: requin
  • ? Romanian: rechin
  • ? Polish: rekin

References

Further reading

  • “requin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • niquer

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