-ra
French, suffix/ʁa/
-ra is spelled R-A (2 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ra is a French suffix meaning “third-person singular future of -re” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -ra mean in English?
suffix
- 1
third-person singular future of -re
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coups de baguette donnés sur le tambour, de manière à former un roulement très bref.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ra’, nom de la dixième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\r\ Isolée : ﺭ, finale ﺮ).
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ’ra, nom de la dixième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\r\ Isolée : ﺭ, finale ﺮ).
prefix: 1. Variante de re-.
noun: 1. Nom de la dixième lettre de l’alphabet arabe.
noun: 1. Requête aux administrateurs.
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 -ra
- ran
- rran
- rrran
- ra’
- râ’
- rāʾ
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -ra?
- /ʁa/
- \ʁa\
- \ra\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -ra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -ra in French?
-ra appears 4.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).