rat

Syllable Decomposition

rat

according to TLFI, from an onomatopoeia that the rat makes while gnawing. The English 'rat', the German 'Ratte', the Dutch 'rat' are derived from a Germanic etymon 'ratō' related to the Latin 'rodo' ('to gnaw', see 'rodent') and the word is either from Old Franconian, of Celtic origin, or a loanword from a neighboring language.

Definitions

serrurerie

Synonyms

gaspardronge-maille

Feminine

Plural

rats

Hyponyms

rat à crêterat brunrat des acaciasrat des bambousrat des champsrat des greniersrat des villesrat domestiquerat musquérat noirrat-tauperat-taupe nu

Translations

  • germangerman:Ratte
  • englishenglish:rat
  • chinesechinese:耗子
  • danishdanish:rotte
  • spanishspanish:rata
  • finnishfinnish:rotta
  • greekgreek:αρουραίος
  • italianitalian:ratto
  • dutchdutch:rot
  • polishpolish:szczur
  • portugueseportuguese:rato
  • russianrussian:крыса
  • swedishswedish:råtta

See also

inratable (adj.) dératiser (v.) rat (adj.) raté (adj.) raté (cn.) dératisation (cn.) Rats (pn.) rater (v.) ratier (cn.) ratière (cn.) ratable (adj.) ratage (cn.)