rastaquouère
French, noun/ʁas.ta.kwɛʁ/
rastaquouère is spelled R-A-S-T-A-Q-U-O-U-È-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rastaquouère is a French feminine noun meaning “rastaquouère” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étranger, ou personnage exotique, qui étale un luxe suspect et de mauvais goût”.
What does rastaquouère mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étranger, ou personnage exotique, qui étale un luxe suspect et de mauvais goût.
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 rastaquouère
- rastaquouères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rastaquouère?
- /ʁas.ta.kwɛʁ/
- \ʁas.ta.kwɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rastaquouère in French?
rastaquouère appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).