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Detailed Translations for rather from English to French

rather:


Translation Matrix for rather:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bien asset; assets; commodities; ownership; possession; property
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- instead; kind of; kinda; preferably; quite; sooner; sort of
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- much rather
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
assez considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably enough; quite a lot; rather a lot
bien highly; rather; very agree; appealing; appetising; appetizing; beautiful; by far; cleaned; cleansed; congenial; correct; delicious; delightful; easily; endearing; engaging; exquisite; fine; good; handsome; heavenly; honest; likable; nice; palatable; pretty; right; scrumptious; sympathetic; tasty; tidied; very tasteful; well-behaved; winsome; yummy
hautement highly; rather; very
passablement considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably
plutôt considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably
quelque peu considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably bit; slightly; somewhat; to some degree; to some extent
très highly; rather; very deeply; eccentric; exceptional; extraordinary; extremely; greatly; highly; particular; special; ultra; wondrous

Synonyms for "rather":


Related Definitions for "rather":

  1. to some (great or small) extent1
    • it was rather cold1
    • the party was rather nice1
    • the knife is rather dull1
    • I rather regret that I cannot attend1
    • He's rather good at playing the cello1
  2. to a degree (not used with a negative)1
  3. on the contrary1
    • rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left1
    • he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter1
  4. more readily or willingly1
    • I'd rather be in Philadelphia1

Wiktionary Translations for rather:

rather
adverb
  1. preferably
  2. somewhat, fairly
rather
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
rather plutôt; assez nogal — tamelijk, in aanzienlijke mate
rather précisément beziehungsweise — (umgangssprachlich) genauer gesagt, besser gesagt
rather plutôt eher — Einleitung einer bevorzugten Alternative in emotional negativ besetzten Kontexten
rather au contraire vielmehrstellt eine vorhergehende verneinte Aussage richtig: sondern, im Gegenteil
rather plutôt vielmehrpräzisiert eine Aussage: besser gesagt, genauer gesagt, richtiger
rather assez ziemlich — sehr; in großem Maße

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