requin
- a variation of requin shark.
Example Sentences
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I haven’t heard Vincenzo Nibali complain about being Le requin de Messine – the shark of Messina – have you?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2015
And I found it more or less appropriate that the French word for shark, requin, has its linguistic roots in the word requiem.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
A long black fin cut the water almost beside them, passed, and vanished,—a requin indeed!
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
