Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratissage

/ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ratis-sage
IPA: /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44.

noun

A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank.

Example Sentences

"The army […] subjected suspect Muslim villages to systematic ratissage – literally a ‘raking-over’, a time-honoured word for ‘pacifying’ operations."
"A second group of security men had appeared from within the museum, and lashed out with their clubs like warriors in a battle scene from a Kurasawa epic. […] ‘It's another ratissage. A special action.’"

Etymology

From French ratissage, from ratisser (“to rake”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ratissage

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/

Inflected Forms

ratissages (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ratissage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/.
What does ratissage mean?: A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44.
Where does ratissage come from?: It is traced to French.

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