rato

See also: RATO and Rato

English

Noun

rato (plural ratos)

1. An auxiliary rocket engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
2. A takeoff assisted by such a unit
3. JATO

Anagrams

• -ator, Rota, Taro, rota, taro

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Esperanto

Noun

rato (accusative singular raton, plural ratoj, accusative plural ratojn)

1. rat

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Galician

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

1. mouse

Related terms

• rata

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Ido

rato (de speco Rattus rattus).

Noun

rato (plural rati)

1. rat

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Latin

Adjective

ratō

1. dative masculine singular of ratus
2. dative neuter singular of ratus
3. ablative masculine singular of ratus
4. ablative neuter singular of ratus

References

• rato in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “rato”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “rato” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Old High German

Etymology

See German Ratte.

Noun

rato ?

1. rat

Descendants

• Middle High German: ratte
  • German: Ratte

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Portuguese

rato (Mus musculus)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.tu/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. Cognate to Galician rato and Spanish ratón. Mostly displaced Old Portuguese mur.

Alternative forms

• ratto (obsolete)

Noun

rato m (plural ratos, feminine rata, feminine plural ratas)

1. rat (any rodent of the genus Rattus)
2. mouse (any rodent of the genus Mus)
3. (computer hardware, Portugal) mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)
4. burglar; petty thief (person who steals small objects)

Synonyms

• (rodent of the genus Mus): camundongo (Brazil)
• (computer mouse): mouse (Brazil)
• (thief): ladrão, gatuno

Derived terms

• ratão, ratazana (augmentatives)
• ratinho (diminutives)

Terms derived from rato

• arroz-de-rato
• jogo de gato e rato
• ninho de rato

• orelha-de-rato
• rato almiscareiro
• rato de biblioteca

• rato-do-campo
• rato-toupeira
• rato-veadeiro

Etymology 2

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

1. (Trás-os-Montes) while (a very short period of time)

Synonyms

• bocado, pouco

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈra̠.to̞]

Etymology 1

From Latin raptus

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

1. a while, a short period of time.

Derived terms

• (diminutive): ratito
• al poco rato
• buen rato
• mal rato

Etymology 2

From rata, this from Germanic.

Noun

rato m (plural ratos, feminine rata)

1. male rat
2. mouse

Synonyms

• (mouse): ratón