different between raper vs rater

English

Etymology

rape +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(?)

Noun

raper (plural rapers)

1. (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.
   • 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods (page 149)

     "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.

   • 1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity (page 71)

     Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.

Anagrams

• parer

French

Alternative forms

• rapper
• Homophone: râper

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pe/

Verb

raper

1. To rap (to sing rap songs).

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

raper

1. present of rape.

Polish

Etymology

From English rapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.p?r/

Noun

raper m pers (feminine raperka)

1. (music) rapper

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) raperski

Related terms

• (verb) rapowa?
• (noun) rap
• (adjective) rapowy

Further reading

• raper in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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