ratier
French, noun\ʁa.tje\
ratier is spelled R-A-T-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratier is a French masculine noun meaning “mouser (cat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chien ou chat qui chasse les rats”.
What does ratier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemouser (cat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui chasse les rats.
noun: 1. Chien ou chat qui chasse les rats.
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 ratier
- ratiers plural
- ratière feminine
- ratières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratier?
- \ʁa.tje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ratier in French?
ratier appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).