rater.
to miss (an event or a thing)
Meaning & usage
to miss (an event or a thing)
Il va rater le car.
to screw up; to mess up
J'ai raté ma vie.
to fail to fire; to misfire
Le revolver rata.
to fail
J'ignore pourquoi votre projet a raté.
Where this word comes from
Emerged in the early 1700s, likely originally in reference to a firearm misfiring, from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.