relachen.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlaʃ/, U.S.

/rəˈlɑʃ/

Forms: 1700s rélache, 1800s– relâche, 1900s– relache.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French relâche.

Etymology: < French relâche (period of) rest (1539 in Middle French), break from work (1690 or earlier), place where a ship lies (1691, also in être en relâche to lie in port (1716)), short break in a theatrical performance (a1798; c1177 in Old French in sense ‘interruption’) < relâcher to loosen (c1170 in Old French), to liberate, free (c1230), (reflexive) to digress (c1232), to loose tension, become lax, relax, (of a ship) to lie in port (both 1580), to become less rigorous (1588), to stop making an effort (1640) < re- re- prefix + lâcher latch v.² Compare earlier relasch adj., relasch v. Compare also earlier relax n.

A period of rest, an interval; a break from something. Also as a mass noun: rest, relaxation.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [noun] > a period of

leisurec1449

non-terminus1573

Sabbatism1582

non-term1607

recess1620

playtime1631

by-hour1639

vacancy1654

relache1780

lounge1806

spellc1845

pink-eye1901

seventh-inning stretch1915

standoff1918

timeout1931

1780 B. Franklin Let. 24 June in Papers (1996) XXXII. 587 The king having given Orders for paying all the necessary Charges of that ship during her present Rélache at L'Orient.

1820 T. Moore Jrnl. June (1983) I. 323 Gave a good many dinners this month, till Bessy..cried out for a Relâche.

1863 A. J. Munby Diary 10 Apr. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 155 Caldwell's is one of the few public dancing rooms in London, which is frequented by respectable women... When we arrived, the relâche was begun.

1910 W. S. Blunt Let. 19 Mar. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xv. 1159 Wd you rather have a relâche from politics?

1974 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 29 July 4/3 All creative people..continually flee from the farm, the village and the town to the city, returning only for occasional relache.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. The Garden's retreated into operatic relache, nothing doing till Prince Igor opens next month.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relache
释义	relachen. Brit. /rᵻˈlaʃ/, U.S. /rəˈlɑʃ/ Forms: 1700s rélache, 1800s– relâche, 1900s– relache. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French relâche. Etymology: < French relâche (period of) rest (1539 in Middle French), break from work (1690 or earlier), place where a ship lies (1691, also in être en relâche to lie in port (1716)), short break in a theatrical performance (a1798; c1177 in Old French in sense ‘interruption’) < relâcher to loosen (c1170 in Old French), to liberate, free (c1230), (reflexive) to digress (c1232), to loose tension, become lax, relax, (of a ship) to lie in port (both 1580), to become less rigorous (1588), to stop making an effort (1640) < re- re- prefix + lâcher latch v.² Compare earlier relasch adj., relasch v. Compare also earlier relax n. A period of rest, an interval; a break from something. Also as a mass noun: rest, relaxation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of leisurec1449 non-terminus1573 Sabbatism1582 non-term1607 recess1620 playtime1631 by-hour1639 vacancy1654 relache1780 lounge1806 spellc1845 pink-eye1901 seventh-inning stretch1915 standoff1918 timeout1931 1780 B. Franklin Let. 24 June in Papers (1996) XXXII. 587 The king having given Orders for paying all the necessary Charges of that ship during her present Rélache at L'Orient. 1820 T. Moore Jrnl. June (1983) I. 323 Gave a good many dinners this month, till Bessy..cried out for a Relâche. 1863 A. J. Munby Diary 10 Apr. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 155 Caldwell's is one of the few public dancing rooms in London, which is frequented by respectable women... When we arrived, the relâche was begun. 1910 W. S. Blunt Let. 19 Mar. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xv. 1159 Wd you rather have a relâche from politics? 1974 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 29 July 4/3 All creative people..continually flee from the farm, the village and the town to the city, returning only for occasional relache. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. The Garden's retreated into operatic relache, nothing doing till Prince Igor opens next month. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780
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