"rater" meaning in French

See rater in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʁa.te/ Audio: Fr-rater.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-rater.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-rater.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-rater.wav
Etymology: Emerged in the early 1700s, likely originally in reference to a firearm misfiring, from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat. Head templates: {{fr-verb}} rater Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], rater [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], ratant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], raté [participle, past], rate [first-person, indicative, present, singular], rates [indicative, present, second-person, singular], rate [indicative, present, singular, third-person], ratons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], ratez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], ratent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], ratais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], ratais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], ratait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], rations [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], ratiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], rataient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], ratai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], ratas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], rata [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], ratâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], ratâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], ratèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], raterai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], rateras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], ratera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], raterons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], raterez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], rateront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], raterais [conditional, first-person, singular], raterais [conditional, second-person, singular], raterait [conditional, singular, third-person], raterions [conditional, first-person, plural], rateriez [conditional, plural, second-person], rateraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], rate [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], rates [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], rate [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], rations [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], ratiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], ratent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], ratasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], ratasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], ratât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], ratassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], ratassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], ratassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], rate [imperative, second-person, singular], ratons [first-person, imperative, plural], ratez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing) [first att. 1718] Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rater-fr-verb-h~49h2wV
  2. (transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up [first att. 1715] Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-rater-fr-verb-gRYfk729 Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 37 26 20
  3. (intransitive, of a weapon) to fail to fire; to misfire [first att. 1718] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rater-fr-verb-aGlcG06z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Firearms Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 34 28 Disambiguation of Firearms: 0 0 84 16
  4. (intransitive, informal) to fail [first att. 1722] Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-rater-fr-verb-nv~ZTwV1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ne pas en rater une, raté, rater le coche

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas en rater une"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "raté"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rater le coche"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ratar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Emerged in the early 1700s, likely originally in reference to a firearm misfiring, from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rater",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratant",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raté",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rate",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rates",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rate",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratons",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratent",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratais",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratais",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratait",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rations",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratiez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rataient",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratai",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratas",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rata",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratâmes",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratâtes",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratèrent",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterai",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rateras",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratera",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterons",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rateront",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterais",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterais",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterait",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raterions",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rateriez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rateraient",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rate",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rates",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rate",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rations",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratiez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratent",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratasse",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratasses",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratât",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratassions",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.ta.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratassiez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.ta.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratassent",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rate",
      "ipa": "/ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratons",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratez",
      "ipa": "/ʁa.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rater",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's going to miss the bus.",
          "text": "Il va rater le car.",
          "translation": "He's going to miss the bus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to miss (an event or a thing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-rater-fr-verb-h~49h2wV",
      "links": [
        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to miss (an event or a thing) [first att. 1718]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 26 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              1,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I screwed up my life.",
          "text": "J'ai raté ma vie.",
          "translation": "I screwed up my life.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to screw up; to mess up"
      ],
      "id": "en-rater-fr-verb-gRYfk729",
      "links": [
        [
          "screw up",
          "screw up"
        ],
        [
          "mess up",
          "mess up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up [first att. 1715]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 26 34 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Firearms",
          "orig": "fr:Firearms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The revolver misfired.",
          "text": "Le revolver rata.",
          "translation": "The revolver misfired.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail to fire; to misfire"
      ],
      "id": "en-rater-fr-verb-aGlcG06z",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "misfire",
          "misfire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of a weapon) to fail to fire; to misfire [first att. 1718]"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a weapon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't know why your project failed.",
          "text": "J'ignore pourquoi votre projet a raté.",
          "translation": "I don't know why your project failed.",
          "type": "example"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-rater.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-rater.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-rater.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-rater.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-rater.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-rater.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-rater.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rater"
}

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