ressac

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁə.sak/

Noun

ressac m (plural ressacs)

swash, backwash
- 2001, Erik Orsenna, chapter XIII, in La grammaire est une chanson douce, Stock:
  Bien sûr, je n'entendais rien. Rien que le grondement sourd du ressac, là-bas, derrière la colline.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

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

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