râteau
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French rastel, from Latin rastellus, diminutive of raster.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
râteau m (plural râteaux)
- rake
- (figurative) rebuke, rejection, blow off, knockback
- Je me suis encore pris un râteau.
- I got rejected again.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “râteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.