rabat
French, noun/ʁa.ba/
rabat is spelled R-A-B-A-T (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabat is a French masculine noun meaning “band (neckwear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rabattre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Col, partie du vêtement rabattue vers le bas”.
What does rabat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineband (neckwear)
- 2
masculineflap (of bag, pocket etc.)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of rabattre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Col, partie du vêtement rabattue vers le bas. 2. Col de toile, garni ou non de dentelles, qui laissait le cou des hommes découvert. 3. Col du costume ecclésiastique consistant en un morceau de toile noire divisé en deux portions oblongues, bordées de blanc, qui se rabattait sur le devant. 4. Pièce de batiste, de dentelle, etc., qui fait office de cravate dans le costume officiel des magistrats, des avocats, des membres de l’université, etc.
adjective: 1. Défoncé, qui a consommé des stupéfiants, le plus souvent du cannabis.
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 rabat
- rabats plural
- rabate
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabat?
- /ʁa.ba/
- \ʁa.ba\
- \ʁa.bat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rabat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rabat in French?
rabat appears 5.6 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).