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語源

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata (“boat race, regatta”), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

発音

• IPA: /ɹɪˈɡætə/, /ɹɪˈɡɑtə/
• 韻: -ætə
• 韻: -ɑːtə

名詞

regatta (countable and uncountable, plural regattas or regatte)

1. (countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     […] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.

   • 1999, Oli Rosenbladt, “Virginia Women Sweep Rivanna Romp”, in Rowing News, volume 6, number 21, page 8:

     The novice eights race demonstrated one of the reasons UVa manages to be so good year after year; the UVa novs finished first and second in the event, while Clemson's novice crew, the surprise of the regatta, took third.

2. A striped cotton fabric.

派生語

• Regatta Point