RPA
French, noun
RPA is spelled R-P-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). RPA is a French feminine noun meaning “RPA (“private/commercial old-folks residence”); initialism of résidence privée pour aînés” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résidence pour personnes âgées”.
What does RPA mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineRPA (“private/commercial old-folks residence”); initialism of résidence privée pour aînés
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résidence pour personnes âgées.
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 RPA
- RPAs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is RPA in French?
RPA 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).