ratière
French, noun/ʁa.tjɛʁ/
ratière is spelled R-A-T-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratière is a French feminine noun meaning “mouser (cat, female)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Piège à rats”.
What does ratière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemouser (cat, female)
- 2
femininerat-trap
- 3
feminineslangthe clink, slammer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Piège à rats. 2. Mécanisme qui commande les lames d'un métier à tisser.
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 ratière
- ratières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratière?
- /ʁa.tjɛʁ/
- \ʁa.tjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratière in French?
ratière appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).