catch
Pronunciation: /katʃ/
“catch” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In French
- Sport d’origine américaine qui se déroule sur un ring et qui peut être vu comme un lointain dérivé du pugilat ou de la lutte gréco-romaine, mais qui en diffère dans le sens où les combats sont scénarisés.
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from English catch-as-catch-can (a style of wrestling now known as catch wrestling). Doublet of chasser (“to hunt”).
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