🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Râper

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁape

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Grate/ɡreɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Vous devez râper le fromage avant de l'ajouter aux pâtes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To reduce food to small shreds by using a grater.

    "You should grate the cheese before adding it to the pasta."
As noun
  1. 1

    A device with sharp-edged holes used for shredding food.

    "She used a box grater to prepare the vegetables for the salad."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'grate' originates from the Old French 'grater', which is derived from the Latin 'grattare', meaning 'to scratch'. Over time, it evolved to refer to a framework of metal bars or a device for shredding food.

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