rafle
French, noun
rafle is spelled R-A-F-L-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rafle is a French feminine noun meaning “raid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rafler. With an accent, raflé is a different word: “past participle of rafler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Filet garni d’ailes, possédant des ouvertures à chaque extrémité”.
What does rafle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraid
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of rafler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Filet garni d’ailes, possédant des ouvertures à chaque extrémité. 2. Filet destiné à attraper de petits volatiles. 3. Action de rafler. 4. Opération de police qui consiste à cerner un endroit et à appréhender tous ceux qui s’y trouvent.
noun: 1. Grappe de raisin qui n’a plus de grains. 2. Partie centrale d’un épi de maïs.
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 rafle
- rafles plural
- raflée feminine
- raflés masculine plural
- raflées feminine plural
- raffe
- raffle
- fuseau dialectal
- ribeau dialectal
- guilledon dialectal
- guilladou dialectal
- calos dialectal
- pelou dialectal
- conquaril dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rafle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rafle in French?
rafle appears 1.4 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).