ratonnade
French, noun/ʁa.tɔ.nad/
ratonnade is spelled R-A-T-O-N-N-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratonnade is a French feminine noun meaning “racially-motivated violence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action brutale, violences organisées contre les Arabes ou les Magrébins”.
What does ratonnade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineracially-motivated violence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action brutale, violences organisées contre les Arabes ou les Magrébins.
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 ratonnade
- ratonnades plural
- ratonade
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratonnade?
- /ʁa.tɔ.nad/
- \ʁa.tɔ.nad\
- [ʁa.tɔ.nad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ratonnade in French?
ratonnade appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).