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catch

wrestling (professional)

noun KATCH Rare

Origin: English 'catch(-as-catch-can)'

Usage Note

Catch is a French borrowing from English referring specifically to professional or theatrical wrestling, not Greco-Roman wrestling (lutte). It retains its English pronunciation in French. A practitioner is un catcheur (masculine) or une catcheuse (feminine).

Examples

"Il regarde le catch à la télévision."

Natural Translation

He watches wrestling on television.

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