ratan

See also: ratán

English

Noun

ratan (countable and uncountable, plural ratans)

1. Alternative form of rattan
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     On Sunday mornings, when the prospect is rather small for a full house in the minor churches, a parcel of fellows are actually sent out with ratans into the highways and byways as whippers-in of the congregation.

Anagrams

• Taran, Arant, Ranta, taran, ANTaR, Trana, antra, ran at, Ratna

Czech

Alternative forms

• rattan

Etymology

Borrowed from English rattan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈratan]

Noun

ratan m inan

1. rattan (plant used as a material for making furniture)

Declension

Declension of ratan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	ratan	ratany
genitive	ratanu	ratanů
dative	ratanu	ratanům
accusative	ratan	ratany
vocative	ratane	ratany
locative	ratanu	ratanech
instrumental	ratanem	ratany

Further reading

• “ratan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• “ratan” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz

Javanese

Noun

ratan

1. major road

Ladin

Verb

ratan

1. gerund of rater