Rat

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Scientific Name 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Related concepts 1.2.5 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.1.1 Homophones 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Related words 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Occitan 5.1 Noun 6 Tok Pisin 6.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rat (plural: rats )

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.

Scientific Name

• Rattus norvegicus

Synonyms

• (person who is known for betrayal): traitor (which see for more synonyms)

Related terms

• ratter
• ratty
• rat's nest
• rat-trap

Related concepts

• mouse
• rodent

Translations

rodent

Albanian: miu i gjirizeve Basque: arratoi Belarusian: пацук Bosnian: pacov m, štakor m Breton: razh Bulgarian: плъх (pl"h) Catalan: rata f Cebuano: ilaga Chinese Characters: 鼠 / 鼡 (shǔ) Chinese: 老鼠 / 鼠 (shǔ) Croatian: štakor Czech: krysa , potkan Danish: rotte 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 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) KiSwahili: panya

Korean: 쥐 (chwi) Ladin: roza Latin: mus Latvian: žurka Lithuanian: žiurkė Lower Sorbian: ratwa , rata; (wjelika myš) Macedonian: стаорец (staorec ) Maltese: far Norwegian: rotte Occitan: rat, garri Polish: szczur m Portuguese: rato m, rata f, ratazana f Romanian: şobolan Romansh: ratun Romany: sobolako m, sobolaika f Russian: крыса (krysa ) Sami: roahttu Sardinian: mus Scottish: radan Serbian: пацов (pacov ) Slovak: potkan , krysa Slovenian: podgana f Spanish: rata f Swedish: råtta Tagalog: daga Tok Pisin: rat Turkish: sıçan Ukrainian: пацюк (pacjuk), щур (ščur) Upper Sorbian: wulka myš , šćura Welsh: llygoden mawr

traitor

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /rat/
• SAMPA : /rat/

Homophones

• rad

Noun

rat f

1. rat

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /ra/
• SAMPA : /ra/

Noun

rat m (plural rats)

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

Related words

• raton
• rate

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA : /raːt/
• SAMPA : /ra:t/

Noun

Rat m

1. advice

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Occitan

Noun

rat

1. rat

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Tok Pisin

Noun

rat

1. rat