Noun
(uncountable) Alternative form of pétanque (“French boules game”)
(mining, dated, countable, uncountable) Any of various ores, including forms of silver sulfide (such as stephanite) and the copper ore tetrahedrite.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque. Jean Dujardin
A good poet is of no more use to his country than a good petanque player. Paul Valéry
According to organizer Philippe Boets of Petanque America, first-place winners were a team from France, Damien Hureau (world champion in 2004) and Dominique Usaï. Source: Internet
In Petanque, we have more chances of winning and I hope that Sok Chan Mean, together with other sportsmen, will keep up his good performance so that more will bring to the country regional and world fames. Source: Internet