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roquette

/ʁɔ.kɛt/

noun, feminine/ʁɔ.kɛt/plural: roquettes

rocket (weapon)

Inherited from Middle French roquette, borrowed from Italian rocchetta, from a diminutive form of rocca, from Lombardic rocko, rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.

noun, feminine/ʁɔ.kɛt/plural: roquettes

rocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US) (plant)

Related: lance-roquette

Borrowed from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin erūca.