rafiot
French, noun/ʁa.fjo/
rafiot is spelled R-A-F-I-O-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rafiot is a French masculine noun meaning “(pejorative term for an old boat or ship) old tub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit canot à rames avec une petite voile dont on se sert pour la promenade dans les ports”.
What does rafiot mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculine(pejorative term for an old boat or ship) old tub
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit canot à rames avec une petite voile dont on se sert pour la promenade dans les ports. 2. Vieux bateau en mauvais état.
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 rafiot
- rafiots plural
- rafiau alternative
- raffiau alternative
- raffiot
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rafiot?
- /ʁa.fjo/
- \ʁa.fjo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rafiot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rafiot in French?
rafiot appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).