regatta

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regatta

/ɹɪˈɡætə/
/ɹɪˈɡɑtə/

Rhymes with -ætə, -ɑːtə

Where it comes from

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.

noun regattas · regatte

countable A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race. […] 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.
countable, uncountable A striped cotton fabric.
collective, countable, uncountable A group of swans on the water. As he quietly planned out the unfolding day ahead of him, his attention was drawn to a regatta of swans drawing close to the bank of the river.

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noun boat race

Español	regata
Français	régate
Ελληνικά	ρεγκάτα regkáta
עברית	רֶגָטָה regatta, תַּחֲרוּת שַׁיִט takharut shayit

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@misc{regatta_2026,
  title = {regatta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/regatta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}