patatras
French, interjection/pa.ta.tʁa/
patatras is spelled P-A-T-A-T-R-A-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patatras is a French interjection meaning “kerplunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does patatras mean in English?
interjection
- 1
kerplunk
Il pose le pied maladroitement et, patatras, le voilà par terre.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Exprime le bruit d’un corps qui tombe avec fracas.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patatras
- patatrac
- pataschkouink
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patatras?
- /pa.ta.tʁa/
- \pa.ta.tʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patatras
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patatras in French?
patatras appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).