"racaille" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʁa.kaj/, /ʁa.kɑj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-racaille.wav Forms: racailles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). Cognate with English rascal. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|rascaille||outcast, rabble|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”), {{inh+|fr|fro|rascaille|t=outcast, rabble}} Inherited from Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”), {{m|fro|rasque|t=mud, filth, scab, dregs}} rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), {{der|fr|VL.|*rasicō|t=to scrape}} Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”), {{cog|en|rascal}} English rascal Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} racaille f (plural racailles)
  1. (derogatory) people, mainly young, who engage in antisocial behaviour; rabble, riffraff; rascals Tags: derogatory, feminine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fripouille, caillera, kaïra (english: Verlan)
    Sense id: en-racaille-fr-noun-SpaYZAOp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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