how to pronounce rater

/ʁa.te/

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rater is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of rater in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… non non pas rater parce que autant au …”

meanings of rater

verb:

To screw up; to mess up.
To fail.
To miss (an event or a thing).

rater frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word rater occurs in french on average 9.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.