rab
French, noun\ʁab\
rab is spelled R-A-B (3 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rab is a French masculine noun meaning “rest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reste, supplément”.
What does rab mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinerest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or canteen service
je peux avoir du rab ?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reste, supplément. 2. Marge, marge de manœuvre.
adverb: 1. Sans intérêt.
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 rab
- rabs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rab?
- \ʁab\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rab
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rab in French?
rab appears 1.1 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).