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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
raté (feminine ratée, masculine plural ratés, feminine plural ratées)
- (informal) failed, screwed up
- (informal) missed
Participle
raté (feminine ratée, masculine plural ratés, feminine plural ratées)
- past participle of rater
Noun
raté m (plural ratés)
- (colloquial, of a person) a failure, a washout
Further reading
Anagrams
Ladin
Verb
raté m (pl ratés, f rateda, fpl ratedes)
- Alternative form of rater
- past participle of rater
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French rater (“to miss”), compare Haitian Creole rate.
Verb
raté
- to miss
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales