raton
French, noun/ʁa.tɔ̃/
raton is spelled R-A-T-O-N (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raton is a French masculine noun meaning “young rat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit du rat”.
What does raton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoung rat
- 2
masculineraccoon
noun
- 1
masculineA North African, especially if Algerian: a greaseball, a dirty wog.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit du rat. 2. Mammifère omnivore originaire d’Amérique – raton laveur (Procyon lotor). 3. Arabe ou Maghrébin.
noun: 1. Tartelette garnie de fromage mou. 2. Crêpe épaisse et de petit diamètre qui se mange pendant le carnaval.
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 raton
- ratons plural
- ratonne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raton?
- /ʁa.tɔ̃/
- \ʁa.tɔ̃\
- [ʁa.tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raton in French?
raton appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).