patatras

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ta.tʁa/

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Interjection

patatras

1. kerplunk

   Il pose le pied maladroitement et, patatras, le voilà par terre.

   He took one misstep and, wham!, found himself on the ground.

Related terms

• et patati et patata

Further reading

• “patatras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• attrapas