raté
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raté
- /ˈɹæ.teɪ/
Sounds like ratée, ratées, ratés · Rhymes with -æteɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French raté, past participle form of rater (“to miss; to fail”).
noun ratés
- an unsuccessful person; a failure We seem to assist at the terrible soirées where the ratés exhibit their talents (M. Moronval is of course a raté) [...]
adjective
- (of a person or thing) failed; disappointing This was nostalgia on the part of an artist raté; in fact, Die Weltbühne was as full of politics and economics in 1926 as it was six years later.
Talk about this word "raté." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rat%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. raté. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rat%C3%A9 "raté." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rat%C3%A9.Cite this
@misc{rate_2026,
title = {raté},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rat%C3%A9},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
