Argot - French Slang - R
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| un rabais - reduction, discount, (pejorative) -
third-rate, cheap
[ra beh] J'ai acheté cette jupe au rabais - I bought this skirt at a discount. Nous faisons un rabais de 10 % sur ces meubles - We're offering a 10% discount on this furniture. Ce journaliste est rabais - This journalist is third-rate. Related words: rabaissant (adj) - disparaging, derogatory, degrading; rabaisser - to belittle, reduce Looking for a dictionary "rabais"? How does free sound? http://french.about.com/cs/dictionaries
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| rabioter
[ra byuh tay] (inf) - to beg, mooch, scrounge, wangle, swindle Il a rabioté tout le vin - He mooched all the wine. J'ai essayé de rabioter 5 minutes de sommeil - I tried to snatch 5 minutes of sleep. Elle m'a rabioté ! - She swindled me! Related (all inf): un rabiot - an extra, du rabiot - some extra; un/e rabioteur/euse - scrounger, moocher
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| un rejeton
[reu jeu to(n)] descendant Les rejetons de cette civilisation ont complètement disparu - The descendants of this civilization completely disappeared. (informal) - kid As-tu des rejetons ? - Do you have any kids? (botany) - shoot Cette plante pousse bien ; regarde tous les nouveaux rejetons. - This plant is growing well; look at all of the new shoots.
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| reluquer (informal) - to eye, ogle
[reuh lu kay] Je n'aime pas être reluquée - I don't like to be ogled. Ce mec reluque mon repas depuis 10 minutes - This guy has been eyeing my meal for 10 minutes. You can "reluquer" these movies all you like: http://french.about.com/msubvid.htm
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| rigoler
[ree guh lay] (informal) - to laugh, have fun, joke J'ai bien rigolé en regardant ce film - I laughed a lot while watching this movie. On a bien rigolé, ce soir - We had a great time tonight. Tu rigoles ! - You're joking! Related words (all informal) : la rigolade - a bit of fun; rigolard (adj) - grinning, ready for a laugh; rigolo (adj) - funny; un rigolo - comic, funny person
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| ringard
[ra(n) gar] (informal adj) - corny, rinky-dink, old-fashioned Quelle expression ringarde ! - What a corny expression! Je n'aime pas ces livres ; ils sont ringards - I don't like these books; they're old-fashioned. Related: un/e ringard/e - fuddy duddy, old-fashioned person; une ringardise - fuddy duddy
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| rouspéter (informal) - to moan, groan
[ru spay tay] Tu rouspètes trop - You complain too much. Related words: la rouspétance - moaning, groaning; rouspéteur/euse (adj) - grumpy, (noun) - groaner, grouch Did you notice that rouspéter is a stem-changing verb? http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa030400.htm
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| rudement
[rud ma(n)] (adv) - roughly, hard, harshly Tu ne devrais pas répondre si rudement ! - You shouldn't respond so harshly! Le pauvre, il s'est rudement tombé. - The poor thing fell down hard. (informal) - very, terribly, awfully Tu chantes rudement bien ! - You sing terribly well! Related words: rude (adj) - rough, harsh, tough; la rudesse - roughness, harshness
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| *Pronunciation
notes
Due to the limitations of HTML, I cannot use true phonetic symbols. I tried to be as straightforward as possible, but please refer to this chart to understand my pronunciation symbols. Note that this is only a guide to help you get the most out of the sound file. Please refer to a dictionary for the exact pronunciation. |
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| e | bed | |||
| ee | meet | |||
| euh | full | |||
| o | go | |||
| uh | the | |||
| u | fool | |||
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| zh | mirage |
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