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A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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The use of this form of competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: race
From French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue”), from re- (“again”) + pêcher (“to fish”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
復活賽 /复活赛
(fùhuósài)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Czech:
opravná jízda
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Danish:
opsamlingsheat
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Dutch:
herkansing
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Finnish:
keräilyerä
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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French:
repêchage
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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German:
Hoffnungslauf
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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German:
Trostrunde
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Greek:
ρεπεσάζ
(repesáz)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Hungarian:
vigaszág
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Hungarian:
reményfutam
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Italian:
ripescaggio
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Korean:
패자부활전
(paejabuhwaljeon)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Norwegian:
oppsamlingsheat
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Persian:
شانس مجدد
(šâns-e mojaddad)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Persian:
ریشاژ
(repešâž)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Polish:
repasaż
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Polish:
repesaż
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Portuguese:
repescagem
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Romanian:
recalificări
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Russian:
репеша́ж
(repešáž)
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Spanish:
repesca
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Spanish:
repechaje
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
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Swedish:
uppsamlingsheat
— heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round
