raticida

Catalan

Etymology

From rata +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.tiˈsi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ra.tiˈsi.ða]

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Adjective

raticida m or f (masculine and feminine plural raticides)

1. raticidal, rodenticidal

Noun

raticida m (plural raticides)

1. rat poison, rodenticide

   Synonym: mata-rates

Related terms

• desratització

Further reading

• “raticida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *rattaz

Germanicbor.

Vulgar Latin rattusder.

Spanish rata

Spanish -cida

Spanish raticida

From rata + -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ratiˈθida/ [ra.t̪iˈθi.ð̞a] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ratiˈsida/ [ra.t̪iˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: ra‧ti‧ci‧da

Noun

raticida m (plural raticidas)

1. rat poison

   Synonym: matarratas

Further reading

• “raticida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025