rapiat

From rapia, dialectal form of rapea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpiɑt/, [ˈrɑ̝piɑ̝t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑpiɑt
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pi‧at
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧pi‧at

rapiat (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. (idiomatic) a bit more (than)

   He saivat kaksi vuotta ja rapiat.

   They got a bit over two years.

   Vielä rapiat sataa kilsaa.

   A bit over hundred kilometers now.

Indeclinable. Always in nominative plural. If used attributively (never used predicatively), the modified noun must also be in plural.

• “rapiat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• paarit, partia, ripata

rapiat m (plural rapiats, feminine rapiate)

1. (colloquial) cheapskate, miser
   • 2005, Kaamelott - Livre II - Episode 28: Le passage secret:

     Je ne suis pas venue ici pour quémander ! Mais à moins de deux-mille pièces d’or, vous allez passer pour un rapiat !

     I didn't come here to beg ! But anything less than two thousand gold coins, and you'll come off as a miser!

• “rapiat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

rapiat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of rapiō