Talk:rätisten

Archiving discussion from Wiktionary: requested entries (Finnish):

• rätisten "Moottoripyörä lähestyi rätisten, sujahti ohi ja katosi." Wisapi 18:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Form of (deprecated template usage) rätistä. --Hekaheka 14:27, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

And what does it mean? The entry is empty. Wisapi 01:28, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't know the exact translation, but this is an onomatopoetic verb describing a sound that is like little explosions occurring frequently. I think crackle or crack come quite close. For example, when one burns dry twigs, they give a sound which could be described with "rätistä". You might also describe the sound made by firecrackers with this verb.--Hekaheka 20:35, 2 May 2010 (UTC)