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raide

stiff

adjective REHD Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Appearance

Also means

steep

Usage Note

Raide describes physical stiffness (a stiff muscle, a steep slope) and can colloquially mean 'broke' (être raide = to be flat broke) or even 'dead' (raide mort = stone dead). The adverb raidement is less common than the adjective itself used adverbially in expressions like tomber raide.

Examples

"La pente est vraiment raide ici."

Natural Translation

The slope is really steep here.

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