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Definition for: rat

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See also Rat , and rät

English

Category:rats

Pronunciation

  • AHD: /răt/
  • IPA: /ræt/
  • SAMPA: /r{t/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Old English ræt, probably from Vulgar Latin *rattus .

Noun

Singular
rat

Plural
rats

rat ( plural rats )

A rat (rodent).
  1. An omnivorous rodent of the genus Rattus .
  2. A vole.
  3. A rodent similar to a rat such as a mouse.
  4. A person who is known for betrayal; a traitor.
  5. A promiscuous person - often a young female - who attends sporting and other entertainment events, primarily to seek sexual liaisons with athletes, entertainers and/or others traveling with them.

Scientific name
  • Rattus norvegicus (Norwegian rat)

Synonyms

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Translations

rodent

  • Afrikaans: rot
  • Albanian: miu i gjirizeve
  • Arabic: فأر (fa’r)
  • Basque: arratoi
  • Belarusian: пацук (patsúk) m .
  • Bosnian: pacov m . , štakor m .
  • Breton: razh
  • Bulgarian: плъх (plǎχ) m .
  • Catalan: rata f .
  • Cebuano: ilaga
  • Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏔᏥ (tsistatsi)
  • Chinese Characters: 鼠 / 鼡 (shǔ)
  • Chinese: 老鼠 / 鼠 (lǎoshǔ, shǔ)
  • Croatian: štakor
  • Czech: krysa, potkan
  • Danish: rotte c .
  • Dutch: rat f . , bruine rat f . , rioolrat f . , zwarte rat f .
  • Esperanto: rato
  • Estonian: rott
  • Faroese: rotta
  • Finnish: rotta
  • French: rat m . , souris f . , surmulot m . , rat gris m . , rat d'égout m . , rat noir m .
  • Frisian: rôt
  • Friulian: pantiane
  • Gallegan: rata
  • German: Ratte f .
  • Greek: αρουραίος (aruréos)
  • Hungarian: patkány
  • Icelandic: rotta
  • Interlingua: ratto m . , ratta f .
  • Irish: francach dubh, luch francach, luchóg mhor
  • Italian: topo m . , sorcio m . , ratto m .
  • Japanese: 鼠 (ねずみ, nezumi) ( also mouse ), ラット (ratto)
  • Korean: 쥐 (jwi)
  • Ladin: roza
  • Latin: mus
  • Latvian: žurka
  • Lithuanian: žiurkė
  • Lower Sorbian: ratwa, rata, wjelika myš
  • Macedonian: стаорец (staorec)
  • Maltese: far
  • Maori: kiore
  • Norwegian: rotte f .
  • Occitan: rat, garri
  • Old English: ræt m .
  • Polish: szczur m .
  • Portuguese: rato m . , rata f . , ratazana f .
  • Proto-Polynesian: *kumā
  • Romanian: şobolan
  • Romansh: ratun
  • Romany: sobolako m . , sobolaika f .
  • Russian: крыса (krýsa) f .
  • Sami: roahttu
  • Sardinian: mus
  • Scottish: radan
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: пацов m .
    Roman: pacov m .
  • Slovak: potkan m . , krysa f .
  • Slovene: podgana f .
  • Spanish: rata f .
  • Swahili: panya
  • Swedish: råtta c .
  • Tagalog: daga
  • Telugu: ఎలుక
  • Turkish: sıçan
  • Ukrainian: пацюк (patsjuk) m . , щур (ščur) m .
  • Upper Sorbian: wulka myš, šćura
  • Welsh: llygoden mawr

traitor

  • Russian: крыса (krýsa) f .

Verb

to rat ( third-person singular simple present rats , present participle ratting , simple past ratted , past participle ratted )

Infinitive
to rat

Third person singular
rats

Simple past
ratted

Past participle
ratted

Present participle
ratting

  1. to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy. Usually with on or out , as to rat on or to rat out .
  2. (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.

Etymology 2

Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of rot.

Verb

rat

  1. damn, drat, curse

Bosnian

Noun

rat m . ( pl . : ratovi )

  1. war

Croatian

Noun

rat m . ( pl . : ratovi )

  1. war

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /rat/
  • SAMPA: /rat/

Homophones

Noun

rat f .

  1. rat

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ra/
  • SAMPA: /ra/

Noun

rat m . ( plural: rats )

  1. rat
  2. ( informal ): sweetheart
  3. scrooch

Related words

Occitan

Noun

rat m .

  1. rat

Romani

Noun

rat m .

  1. blood

Serbian

Noun

rat m . ( pl . : ratovi )

  1. war

Cyrillic spelling

  • рат

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English rat .

Noun

rat

  1. rat or mouse

Synonyms

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