rater
English
Etymology 1
From rate (“to appraise”) + -er.
Noun
rater (plural raters)
- One who provides a rating or assessment.
- The three raters agreed on the score.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From rate (“to scold; berate”) + -er.
Noun
rater (plural raters)
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From earlier rater (“to miss, fail to hit, fail, complete unsuccessfully", in reference to a weapon, "to misfire, fail to fire”), from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.
Pronunciation
Verb
rater
- (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)
- Il va rater le car
- He's going to miss the bus
- Il va rater le car
- (intransitive) to fail
- (transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up
Conjugation
Conjugation of rater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rater | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ratant /ʁa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | raté /ʁa.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rate /ʁat/ |
rates /ʁat/ |
rate /ʁat/ |
ratons /ʁa.tɔ̃/ |
ratez /ʁa.te/ |
ratent /ʁat/ |
imperfect | ratais /ʁa.tɛ/ |
ratais /ʁa.tɛ/ |
ratait /ʁa.tɛ/ |
rations /ʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
ratiez /ʁa.tje/ |
rataient /ʁa.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ratai /ʁa.te/ |
ratas /ʁa.ta/ |
rata /ʁa.ta/ |
ratâmes /ʁa.tam/ |
ratâtes /ʁa.tat/ |
ratèrent /ʁa.tɛʁ/ | |
future | raterai /ʁa.tʁe/ |
rateras /ʁa.tʁa/ |
ratera /ʁa.tʁa/ |
raterons /ʁa.tʁɔ̃/ |
raterez /ʁa.tʁe/ |
rateront /ʁa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | raterais /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterais /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterait /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterions /ʁa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rateriez /ʁa.tə.ʁje/ |
rateraient /ʁa.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rate /ʁat/ |
rates /ʁat/ |
rate /ʁat/ |
rations /ʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
ratiez /ʁa.tje/ |
ratent /ʁat/ |
imperfect2 | ratasse /ʁa.tas/ |
ratasses /ʁa.tas/ |
ratât /ʁa.ta/ |
ratassions /ʁa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ratassiez /ʁa.ta.sje/ |
ratassent /ʁa.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rate /ʁat/ |
— | ratons /ʁa.tɔ̃/ |
ratez /ʁa.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Ladin
Verb
rater
- to yield (a return)
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rater (first conjugation)
infinitive | rater, raté | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | ratan | |||
past participle | raté | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | rate, rateie | rates, rateies | rata, rateia, ratea | raton | rateis | rata, rateia |
imperfect | ratove | ratoves | ratova | ratovan | ratovais | ratova |
future | rataré | rataras | ratarà | rataron | ratareis | ratarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | rate, rateie | rates, rateies | rate, rateie | raton | rateis | rate |
imperfect | ratasse | ratasses | ratassa | ratassan | ratassais | ratassa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | rata, rateia | — | raton | ratede | — |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
rater m
- indefinite plural of rate
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