Rattle

"Rattle" in French

bruit

(sound)

cliquetis

(sound)

crépitement

(sound)

hochet

(baby’s toy)

râle

(sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared)

cliqueter

(to create a sound by shaking)

faire s'entrechoquer

(to make a rattling noise)

gronder

(to scold; to rail at)

houspiller

(to scold; to rail at)

inquiéter

(to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve)

râler

(to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing)

tancer

(to scold; to rail at)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.