No. 11,321 in French

raquette

Racket; sports equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock, or snowshoe.

In a sentence

J'ai acheté une raquette de tennis neuve.
I bought a new tennis racket.
In this sentence, 'raquette' refers to a piece of sports equipment used in tennis to hit the ball.
Nous avons besoin de raquettes pour marcher dans la neige profonde.
We need snowshoes to walk in the deep snow.
Here, 'raquettes' refers to snowshoes, equipment designed to enable walking on snow without sinking.
La raquette d'un moustique m'a aidé à éloigner les insectes.
The mosquito racket helped me keep insects away.
In this context, 'raquette' describes an electric racket used to eliminate insects.

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