raffle en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹæfl̩/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).
Meanings
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A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.
The raffle was a big success—too big, in fact.
1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, page 22:
- (obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
- (Philippines) The system by which cases are assigned to judges in multi-sala courts.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| raffles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
meat raffle · couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle · chook raffle · raffle sale
Translations (36)
sv utlottning (drawing) · bg томбола (drawing) · es rifa (drawing) · it lotteria (drawing) · ota پیانقو (drawing) · it estrazione a premi (drawing) · fr tombola (drawing) · it estrazione del lotto (drawing) · pt rifa (drawing) · it riffa (drawing) · tr piyango (drawing) · gl rifa (drawing) · cmn 抽彩 (drawing) · gl bisbís (drawing) · fi arpajaiset (drawing) · de Tombola (drawing) · ko 추첨 (drawing) · hu sorsolás (drawing) · hu tombola (drawing) · ja 抽選 (drawing) · he הַגְרָלָה (drawing) · it estrazione (drawing) · gd rafail (drawing) · vi xổ số (drawing) · mi rāwhara (drawing) · ca rifa (drawing) · fi arvonta (drawing) · tl ripa (drawing) · sv tombola (drawing) · hu sorsjáték (drawing) · yi גורל (drawing) · de Verlosung (drawing) · es mita (drawing) · da tombola (drawing) · pl losowanie (drawing) · ru лотере́я (drawing)