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