rattraper
French, verb/ʁa.tʁa.pe/
rattraper is spelled R-A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rattraper is a French verb meaning “to get back (something which is lost)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reprendre, ressaisir”.
What does rattraper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get back (something which is lost)
- 2
to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as)
- 3
to catch (e.g. an elevator)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reprendre, ressaisir. 2. Rejoindre quelqu’un à qui on a laissé prendre les devants. 3. Regagner ce qu’on avait perdu. 4. et Attraper de nouveau, attraper une seconde fois.
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 rattraper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rattrapant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rattrapé participle past
- rattrape first-person indicative present
- rattrapes indicative present second-person
- rattrapons first-person indicative plural
- rattrapez indicative plural present
- rattrapent indicative plural present
- rattrapais first-person imperfect indicative
- rattrapait imperfect indicative singular
- rattrapions first-person imperfect indicative
- rattrapiez imperfect indicative plural
- rattrapaient imperfect indicative plural
- rattrapai first-person historic indicative
- rattrapas historic indicative past
- rattrapa historic indicative past
- rattrapâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rattraper?
- /ʁa.tʁa.pe/
- \ʁa.tʁa.pe\
- [ʁa.tʁa.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rattraper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rattraper in French?
rattraper appears 11 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).