ratafia
French, noun/ʁa.ta.fja/
ratafia is spelled R-A-T-A-F-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratafia is a French masculine noun meaning “ratafia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Liqueur composée d’eau-de-vie, de sucre et de jus de certains fruits ou d’arôme de quelques fleurs”.
What does ratafia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineratafia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Liqueur composée d’eau-de-vie, de sucre et de jus de certains fruits ou d’arôme de quelques fleurs.
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 ratafia
- ratafias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratafia?
- /ʁa.ta.fja/
- \ʁa.ta.fja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratafia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratafia in French?
ratafia appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).