15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

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rabat [Fr], a clerical linen collar; also, a neckband with flaps, as worn
by ecclesiastics in France; hunting, beating for game.
rabi [Hind], spring (season); spring crop or harvest, as of wheat, barley,
hemp, indigo, and vegetables: India.
râble [Fr], the back and loins (the barons) of certain quadrupeds, esp.
of a hare or rabbit; baron. —râble de lièvre rôti, roast baron of
hare: both cookery.
rabota [Russ], work.
rabotnik [Russ; pi. rabotniki], worker.
raccomandare il lardo alla gatta [It], to trust the bacon to the cat.
raccontalo al portiere [It], tell it to the doorman; tell it to the Marines.
raccroc [Fr], pure chance; lucky hit; fluke, as at billiards.
raconte cela à ta soeur [Fr], tell that to your sister. Cf. RACCONTALO.
raconteur [Fr; fern, raconteuse], a teller of anecdotes; storyteller; narrator.
raddolcendo [It], becoming softer (abbr. raddol.): music.
radoteur [Fr; fern, radoteuse], driveler; dotard.
rafale [Fr], squall; mil., violent fusillade; barrage.
raffiné [Prüfern, raffinée], refined; delicate; subtle; consummate; finished.
rafraîchissements [Fr], refreshments; cooling beverages, fruits, ices,
etc.
raide [Fr], stiff; stern; rigid; inflexible.
raifort [Fr], horseradish.
railleur [Fr; fern, railleuse], banterer; josher (slang).
raison [Fr], reason; proof; ground; argument; consideration; justice;
right; law, claim; com., firm; company; also, firm's name or style.
—bonne raison, good grounds. —raison d'état, reason of state.
—raison d'être, reason for existence. —raison sociale or raison de
commerce, official name or style of a firm. —sans raison, groundless;
groundlessly. —vous avez raison, you are right.
raisonné [Fr; fern, raisonnée], lit., reasoned; rational; methodical; analytical;
classified; systematically arranged, —catalogue raisonné, a
catalogue arranged according to subjects, with explanatory details
and notes.
raj [Hind], rule; dominion.
rajah or raja [Hind], orig., king; Hindu ruling prince; native chief;
also, a title of rank: India £sf Malaysia.
rajeunissant [Fr; fern, rajeunissante], giving a youthful look to; rejuvenescent.
rajeunissement [Fr], a growing or making young again; rejuvenation.
râle [Fr], an abnormal, rattling sound accompanying that of respiration.
—râle de la mort, death rattle: med.
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