ramassis

French

Etymology

From ramasser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ma.si/

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Noun

ramassis m (uncountable)

1. bunch
2. jumble
3. (Louisiana) scraps, slops, swill
4. (Louisiana) debris deposited by storms

Further reading

• “ramassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)