ratte

See also: Ratte and rätte

English

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Noun

ratte (plural rattes)

  1. A kind of small potato with a nutty flavour and smooth, buttery texture.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrat.te/
  • Rhymes: -atte
  • Hyphenation: ràt‧te

Adjective

ratte

  1. feminine plural of ratto

Latin

Noun

ratte

  1. vocative singular of rattus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rato, *roto, from Frankish *ratt, *rato, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (rat). Related to Old High German rato.

Noun

ratte f

  1. rat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: rat
    • Afrikaans: rot
    • Jersey Dutch: rot
    • Negerhollands: rotto, roto
      • Virgin Islands Creole: roto (dated)
    • ? Kari'na: alata (via Sranantongo, possibly from Spanish)
    • ? Saramaccan: alátu (possibly from Spanish)
  • Limburgish: rat

Further reading

  • ratte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ratte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

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Etymology

From Old English ræt (possibly alongside a collateral form *ratta), from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, *ratō, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrat(ə)/

Noun

ratte (plural rattes)

  1. rat
    Synonym: ratoun

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun ratt (steering wheel).

Verb

ratte (imperative ratt, present tense ratter, passive rattes, simple past and past participle ratta or rattet, present participle rattende)

  1. to steer, drive (a vehicle)

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun ratt (steering wheel).

Verb

ratte (present tense rattar, past tense ratta, past participle ratta, passive infinitive rattast, present participle rattande, imperative ratte/ratt)

  1. to steer, drive (a vehicle)

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Synonyms

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