different between prater vs rater

English

Etymology

prate +? -er

Noun

prater (plural praters)

1. A person who prates; a chatterer.

Anagrams

• parter, rapter, repart, retrap

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

prater m (plural praters, diminutive pratertje n)

1. A person who talks or likes to talk.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

prater

1. present of prate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?(?)/

Etymology 1

From rate (“to appraise”) +? -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

1. One who provides a rating or assessment.

Derived terms

• interrater

Etymology 2

From rate (“to scold; berate”) +? -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

1. One who rates or scolds.

Related terms

• berate

Anagrams

• Arter, Terra, arrêt, arter, retar, tarre, terra

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

• IPA^(key): /?a.te/

Verb

rater

1. (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)

   Il va rater le car

   He's going to miss the bus

2. (intransitive) to fail
3. (transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ne pas en rater une
• raté

Further reading

• “rater” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• arrêt, errât, terra

Ladin

Verb

rater

1. 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rater m

1. indefinite plural of rate