ratatiné
French, adjective
ratatiné is spelled R-A-T-A-T-I-N-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratatiné is a French adjective meaning “shrivelled, wizened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ratatiner. Without its accent, ratatine is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est flétri”.
What does ratatiné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shrivelled, wizened
verb
- 1
past participle of ratatiner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est flétri. 2. Qui est rapetissé, resserré, réduit par l’âge ou par la maladie, en parlant de personnes.
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 ratatiné
- ratatinée feminine
- ratatinés masculine plural
- ratatinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ratatiné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratatiné in French?
ratatiné appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).