rationner
French, verb/ʁa.sjɔ.ne/
rationner is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rationner is a French verb meaning “to ration; ration out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire une répartition de vivres, de combustible, à bord d’un navire, dans une place assiégée, etc., afin d’en…”.
What does rationner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ration; ration out
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire une répartition de vivres, de combustible, à bord d’un navire, dans une place assiégée, etc., afin d’en régler l’usage et de les faire durer plus longtemps. 2. Limiter, réduire sa nourriture, soit par nécessité, soit par régime.
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 rationner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rationnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rationné participle past
- rationne first-person indicative present
- rationnes indicative present second-person
- rationnons first-person indicative plural
- rationnez indicative plural present
- rationnent indicative plural present
- rationnais first-person imperfect indicative
- rationnait imperfect indicative singular
- rationnions first-person imperfect indicative
- rationniez imperfect indicative plural
- rationnaient imperfect indicative plural
- rationnai first-person historic indicative
- rationnas historic indicative past
- rationna historic indicative past
- rationnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rationner?
- /ʁa.sjɔ.ne/
- \ʁa.sjɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rationner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rationner in French?
rationner appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).