rafraîchissant, -e, adj., cooling, refreshing, refrigerative.
rafraîchissant, n.m., (med.) cooling medicine.
rafraîchissement (-shis-mān), n.m., cooling; cooling effect. pl., refreshments; provisions, supplies. Faire les —s; (nav.) to take in fresh provisions.
rafraîchisseur, adj., cooling, refrigerative.
rafraîchissoir, n.m., cooler, refrigerator.
*ragaillardir, v.a., to make merry, to render merry, to render cheerful, to enliven, to cheer, to cheer up, to give a fillip to.
rage, n.f., (med.) rage, fury, incensement; mania; rabies, hydrophobia, canine madness, mania, inveterate habit. Ecumer de —; to foam with rage. Avoir la —; to be mad (of animals). — de dents; violent tooth-ache; (pop.) ravenous hunger. Il a la — d’écrire; he has a mania for writing, he will write at any price. Il l’aime à la —; he loves her to distraction. Il a la — du jeu; he has a passion for gambling. Faire —; to be quite or all the rage; to cause great disorder, great havoc; to do one’s utmost. Dire — de quelqu’un; to say all imaginable harm of any one. Quand on veut noyer son chien, on dit qu’il a la —; (prov.) give a dog a bad name and hang him.
rager, v.n., (fam.) to be in a passion; to sulk, to be angry, to fume.
rageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., ill-tempered person; spitfire.
ragot, n.m., (hunt.) solitary wild boar; (fig.) silly talk, twaddle.