raffoler
French, verb/ʁa.fɔ.le/
raffoler is spelled R-A-F-F-O-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raffoler is a French verb meaning “to be mad (about); to be crazy (for) (have a big passion for)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se passionner follement pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose”.
What does raffoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto be mad (about); to be crazy (for) (have a big passion for)
Il raffole de toi.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se passionner follement pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose.
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 raffoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- raffolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- raffolé participle past
- raffole first-person indicative present
- raffoles indicative present second-person
- raffolons first-person indicative plural
- raffolez indicative plural present
- raffolent indicative plural present
- raffolais first-person imperfect indicative
- raffolait imperfect indicative singular
- raffolions first-person imperfect indicative
- raffoliez imperfect indicative plural
- raffolaient imperfect indicative plural
- raffolai first-person historic indicative
- raffolas historic indicative past
- raffola historic indicative past
- raffolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffoler?
- /ʁa.fɔ.le/
- \ʁa.fɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raffoler in French?
raffoler appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).