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rață

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Etymology

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Definite origin uncertain. Possibly a substrate word, akin to Albanian rosë (< *ratsa?), or from South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian and Slovene raca, Serbian dialect race, Bulgarian ряца (rjaca)); compare also Friulian raze, Occitan rit, Hungarian réce, Romani ratsoy.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈra.t͡sə/
  • Rhymes: -at͡sə
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ță
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Noun

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rață f (plural rațe, masculine equivalent rățoi)

  1. duck
  2. female duck
  3. (slang) urinal (the portable glass one offered in hospitals, due to its shape)
  4. a folk dance
  5. the music which accompanies the folk dance of the same name.

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative rață rața rațe rațele
genitive-dative rațe raței rațe rațelor
vocative rață, rațo rațelor

Derived terms

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