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, Roat, 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

Etymology

13th century. Obscure. From a family of words common to most Romance and Germanic languages; the Germanic origin of this family of words is not universally accepted. Confer rat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrato̝/

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

1. mouse
2. (computer hardware) mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)

Related terms

• rata (“rat”)

References

• “rraton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

• “rato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “rato” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “rato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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
• rato in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Old High German

Etymology

See German Ratte.

Noun

rato m

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
• a cada rato
• al poco rato
• buen rato
• mal rato
• rato perdido

Etymology 2

From rata, this from Germanic.

Noun

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

1. male rat
2. mouse

Synonyms

• (mouse): ratón