râteau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rastel, from Latin rastellus, diminutive of raster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.to/, /ʁɑ.to/
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Noun

râteau m (plural râteaux)

rake
(figurative) rebuke, rejection, blow off, knockback
Je me suis encore pris un râteau.
I got rejected again.

Related terms

râteler
ratisser

Further reading

“râteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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