rasta
French, noun\ʁa.sta\
rasta is spelled R-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rasta is a French feminine noun meaning “rasta; Rastafarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminutif de rastaquouère”.
What does rasta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerasta; Rastafarian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutif de rastaquouère.
noun: 1. Membre du mouvement rastafari qui considère Haïlé Sélassié comme un nouveau messie. 2. Mèche de cheveux emmêlée qui se forme quand les cheveux sont laissés à pousser naturellement, sans l’utilisation de brosse ou peigne durant une longue période.
adjective: 1. Relatif au rastafarisme, aux rastas.
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 rasta
- rastas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rasta?
- \ʁa.sta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rasta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rasta in French?
rasta appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).