ratatiner

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French

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ta.ti.ne/
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Verb

ratatiner

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to shrink, shrivel
  2. (pronominal) to shrivel (up)
  3. (informal) to badly damage, wreck, to destroy
  4. (slang) to kill
  5. (slang) to soundly defeat; to cream

Conjugation

Conjugation of ratatiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ratatiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ratatinant
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ratatiné
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatines
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatinons
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɔ̃/ 		ratatinez
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/ 		ratatinent
/ʁa.ta.tin/
imperfect ratatinais
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/ 		ratatinais
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/ 		ratatinait
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/ 		ratatinions
/ʁa.ta.ti.njɔ̃/ 		ratatiniez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nje/ 		ratatinaient
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/
past historic2 ratatinai
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/ 		ratatinas
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/ 		ratatina
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/ 		ratatinâmes
/ʁa.ta.ti.nam/ 		ratatinâtes
/ʁa.ta.ti.nat/ 		ratatinèrent
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛʁ/
future ratatinerai
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁe/ 		ratatineras
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁa/ 		ratatinera
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁa/ 		ratatinerons
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɔ̃/ 		ratatinerez
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁe/ 		ratatineront
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ratatinerais
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/ 		ratatinerais
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/ 		ratatinerait
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/ 		ratatinerions
/ʁa.ta.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ratatineriez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nə.ʁje/ 		ratatineraient
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatines
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		ratatinions
/ʁa.ta.ti.njɔ̃/ 		ratatiniez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nje/ 		ratatinent
/ʁa.ta.tin/
imperfect2 ratatinasse
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/ 		ratatinasses
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/ 		ratatinât
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/ 		ratatinassions
/ʁa.ta.ti.na.sjɔ̃/ 		ratatinassiez
/ʁa.ta.ti.na.sje/ 		ratatinassent
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/ 		— ratatinons
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɔ̃/ 		ratatinez
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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