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rattrape: instance of one trapeze artist catching another
rattraper: to get back (something which is lost); to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as); to catch (e.g. an elevator)
rattraper le temps perdu: to make up for lost time
rature: strikeout, crossing-out (act of crossing out a word to indicate deletion); correction
raturer: to cross out; to correct
raté: failed, screwed up; missed
raté: a failure, a washout, a loser
raucité: hoarseness, huskiness
rauque: hoarse, raspy (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice)
rauquement: hoarsely
rauwolfia: rauwolfia
ravage: the act of laying waste
ravager: to ravage, to ruin, to lay waste to
ravages: damages, destruction caused by man or nature; deteriorations caused by natural processes such as time or disease; great damages caused by man through violence; pillage or sacking
ravageur: devastating, destructive; scathing
ravalement: restoration
ravalement de façade: renovation of the facade of a building; facelift
ravaler: to restore; to swallow again; to debase
ravaler sa fierté: to swallow one's pride
ravanela: a type of rocket (Diplotaxis erucoides)
ravaudage: mending
ravauder: to mend
rave: rave party
rave: beet, turnip; miner's lamp
rave party: rave (all-night dance party with electronic music)
ravenala: ravenala
ravenelle: wallflower, wild radish (plant)
ravennate: Of or from Ravenna
ravert: cockroach
ravet: cockroach
raveur: raver
ravi: thrilled, overjoyed, delighted, ravished, chuffed
ravi de la crèche: starry-eyed person
ravier: ravier (small dish)
ravigoter: to reinvigorate
ravin: ravine
ravine: a small ravine or gully; beginning of a furrowing or formation of a ravine
raviner: to furrow
ravioli: ravioli (type of Italian pasta and dish); ravioli (non-Italian stuffed pasta); ravioli, dumpling (stuffed doughs and pastries)
ravioli chinois: any small pasta-sheet wrapped Chinese food, Chinese dumplings such as potstickers, wontons, shumai, har gow, etc, frequently found in dim sum
ravioli polonais: pierogi; synonym of pérogy
ravir: to ravish (to seize by force); to ravish, delight or thrill (transport with joy); to charm, bewitch, dazzle or fascinate; to plunder, rob or loot; to kidnap or abduct
raviser: to change one's mind, reconsider
ravissamment: ravishingly, delightfully, entrancingly
ravissant: ravishing, delightful, entrancing; pretty, beautiful
ravissement: ravishment
ravisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ravir
ravisseur: robber; kidnapper, abductor
ravitaillable: refuelable / refuellable (in flight)
ravitaillement: supplies
ravitailler: to resupply (army, etc.); to refuel; to revictual; to stock up, take on fresh supplies
ravitailleur: refueling
ravitailleur: supply vessel
ravito: supplies; provisions
raviver: to revive; to rekindle (a fire)
ravoir: to have once again, to re-acquire
ravélien: Ravelian
ray-grass: ryegrass (Lolium)
ray-grass anglais: perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
raya: rayah, member of the non-Muslim population of the Ottoman empire