râtelier

French

FWOTD – 11 May 2023

Etymology

From râteau + -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.tə.lje/, /ʁɑ.tə.lje/
  • (file)

Noun

râtelier m (plural râteliers)

  1. hayrack; rack (for tools etc.)
  2. (colloquial) false teeth, dentures
    Synonym: dentier
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis, archived from the original on 27 May 2019:
      — Ils finissent tous de cette façon, marmonna une ménagère dont le râtelier s’était séparé une seconde des gencives.
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  3. dentition (actual),[1][2]
    Synonyms: dentition, denture

Derived terms

References

  1. râtelier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  2. râtelier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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