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English words starting with “R”

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rabbit

noun
Louisiana Creole:lapin

“Mô mè toujou konné lir Lapin pou mò, kan mo té piti.”

— My mother always used to read Br'er Rabbit to me, when I was little.

“Mo ashté mokin lapin.”

— I bought my own rabbit.

“Sô lapin pli piti’k mô lapin. (Sô lapin pli piti pasé mokin.)”

— Her rabbit is smaller than mine.

rabid

noun
Louisiana Creole:enrajé

“Shyin-la-yé té enrajé”

— The dogs were rabid

“Zanimo-la-yé dan labri-la, yé tou té fé lamizè é t’apé bwayé komm yé enrajé”

— The animals at the shelter were all being mean to me and barking like they were rapid

“Kèkfwa mo pens mô ti sœr enrajé. Jish pa toushé sô kréyon koloré-yé ou li va ataké”

— Sometimes I think my little sister is rapid. Just don't touch her crayons or she might attack.

rabies

noun
Louisiana Creole:dékriz (alt: kriz)

“Li gin dékriz-la!”

— She has the rabies!

“Kan un shyin gin dékriz, ça mòd un mounn, épi mounn-ça gin dékriz osi, komm unn fyèv.”

— When a dog who has rabies bites a person, that person gets the rabbies too, like a fever.

“Pou dékriz, to pe prenn dilo sinativ. Ç’alé édé kalmé twa.”

— When you have the rabies, take sedative water. It will help calm you.

Louisiana Creole:shawi

“Pour kèk mounn, shawi-yé çé miñon, mé pou mò, yé sé danjéré.”

— Raccoons are cute to some, but to me they are just dangerous.

“Mo tèlmen fim, mo pe manjé un bòl gombo shawi.”

— I'm so hungry, I could eat a bowl of racoon gumbo.

“Shawi-yé, yé nwa é gri.”

— Racoons are black and gray.

race

Noun
Louisiana Creole:laras
Louisiana Creole:lakous/lakours
Louisiana Creole:kours; lakous

“Anon tiré un lakous!”

— Let's have a race!

“Kèkmoun di’k "ras" aryen dòt ke un "kours" an moun-yé.”

— Some people say that "race" is only a "race" among man.

“Èske t’olé gard kours-la?”

— Do you want to watch the race?

Louisiana Creole:kourèr, kourér

“Mé mo toujour èt tro gro pou mont an le kourèr.”

— I have always been too big to ride a racehorse.

“Dékòl kourèr to té fé pari ann?”

— Which racehorse did you bet on?

“Mo té pari ann kourèr nwa-çala!”

— I bet on that black racehorse!

rack

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:kasé

“Kasé so latèt.”

— Rack one's brain.

“Li té kasé avek koupab.”

— He was racked with guilt.

“Li té kasé lévé pwen-yé a joujou-la.”

— She racked up points at the game.

racket

noun
Louisiana Creole:boulvari; sasakwa; vimvam; tapaj
Synonyms:noise

radical

adjective
Louisiana Creole:radikal

radio

Noun
Louisiana Creole:redyo, rédyo

radio

Noun
Louisiana Creole:telefon