ratatiner

French

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ta.ti.ne/
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Verb

ratatiner

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to shrink, shrivel
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shrivel (up)
  3. (informal) to badly damage, wreck, to destroy
  4. (slang) to kill
  5. (slang) to soundly defeat; to cream

Conjugation
Conjugation of ratatiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ratatiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ratatinant
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ratatiné
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatines
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatinons
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɔ̃/		 ratatinez
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/		 ratatinent
/ʁa.ta.tin/
imperfect ratatinais
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/		 ratatinais
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/		 ratatinait
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/		 ratatinions
/ʁa.ta.ti.njɔ̃/		 ratatiniez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nje/		 ratatinaient
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛ/
past historic2 ratatinai
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/		 ratatinas
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/		 ratatina
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/		 ratatinâmes
/ʁa.ta.ti.nam/		 ratatinâtes
/ʁa.ta.ti.nat/		 ratatinèrent
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɛʁ/
future ratatinerai
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁe/		 ratatineras
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁa/		 ratatinera
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁa/		 ratatinerons
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɔ̃/		 ratatinerez
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁe/		 ratatineront
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ratatinerais
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/		 ratatinerais
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/		 ratatinerait
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/		 ratatinerions
/ʁa.ta.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ratatineriez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nə.ʁje/		 ratatineraient
/ʁa.ta.tin.ʁɛ/
(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 ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatines
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 ratatinions
/ʁa.ta.ti.njɔ̃/		 ratatiniez
/ʁa.ta.ti.nje/		 ratatinent
/ʁa.ta.tin/
imperfect2 ratatinasse
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/		 ratatinasses
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/		 ratatinât
/ʁa.ta.ti.na/		 ratatinassions
/ʁa.ta.ti.na.sjɔ̃/		 ratatinassiez
/ʁa.ta.ti.na.sje/		 ratatinassent
/ʁa.ta.ti.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ratatine
/ʁa.ta.tin/		 — ratatinons
/ʁa.ta.ti.nɔ̃/		 ratatinez
/ʁa.ta.ti.ne/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms
  • ratatinage
  • ratatinement

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