raté

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.te/

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raté (feminine ratée, masculine plural ratés, feminine plural ratées)

1. (informal) failed, screwed up
2. (informal) missed

raté (feminine ratée, masculine plural ratés, feminine plural ratées)

1. past participle of rater

raté m (plural ratés)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, of a person) a failure, a washout, a loser

   Synonym: tocard

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

• âtre, tare, taré

raté m (pl ratés, f rateda, fpl ratedes)

1. alternative form of rater
2. past participle of rater

From French rater (“to miss”), compare Haitian Creole rate.

raté

1. to miss

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales