rat
French → English
noun/ʁa/
(animal) Rat: a rodent with a pointed snout and long, scaly tail
Les rats dévorent les grains stockés dans le grenier de la ferme.
(English) Rats are devouring the grain stored in the farm's attic.
Le chat du voisin a attrapé un rat énorme dans le jardin hier soir.
(English) The neighbor's cat caught a huge rat in the garden last night.
adj/ʁa/
(personality) Miser: a person who is extremely stingy or reluctant to spend
Il est trop rat pour laisser un pourboire au serveur du restaurant.
(English) He is too stingy to leave a tip for the waiter at the restaurant.
Elle vérifie toutes les additions car elle est vraiment rate.
(English) She checks all the bills because she is really miserly.
Entry ID: fr:en:rat · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary