revêche

French

Etymology

Uncertain; suggested to be either borrowed from Frankish *hriubisk, from *hreub (“rough”) +‎ *-isk,[1] or cognate with Italian rivescio, riverscio (“reversed”),[2] from Vulgar Latin *reversiciō, from *reversicāre (whence Italian rivesciare, rovesciare (“to reverse, turn over”)), from Latin reversus (“turned around”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.vɛʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

revêche (plural revêches)

  1. (mood) sour, unpleasant

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*hreuƀisk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 238
  2. Brachet, A. (1873) “Revêche”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co., page 341

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