ratée

See also: ratee and rateé

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæ.teɪ/
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  • Rhymes: -æteɪ
  • Homophones: raté, ratées, ratés
  • Hyphenation: ra‧tée

Noun

ratée (plural ratées)

  1. feminine of raté
    • 1920 July 13, “Lenormand's New Drama, "Les Ratés"”, in The Christian Science Monitor[1], volume XII, number 199, page 12:
      She also is a ratée.

Adjective

ratée (not comparable)

  1. feminine of raté
    • 1913, Ethel Sigdwick, Succession: A comedy of the generations[2], Small, Maynard and Company, part II, scene XIII, page 353:
      My youth was ratée, Lucien, really.

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Participle

ratée f sg

  1. feminine singular of raté

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