rato

See also: RATO and Rato

English

Etymology

Acronym of rocket assisted take-off.

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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'Are'are

Noun

rato

1. sun

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈrato/
• Hyphenation: ra‧to
• Rhymes: -ato

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)
3. saury (Scomberesox saurus)

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 Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “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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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ratus, perfect passive participle of reor (“I deem, judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.to/
• Hyphenation: rà‧to

Adjective

rato (feminine singular rata, masculine plural rati, feminine plural rate)

1. (literary, rare) ratified, confirmed
2. (canon law, of marriage) valid, ratified, approved

   Antonyms: invalido, irrito

3. (law, rare) Synonym of stipulato

References

• rato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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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

From Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”). See German Ratte.

Noun

rato m

1. rat

Descendants

• Middle High German: ratte, rate
  • German: Ratte
  • Luxembourgish: Rat

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Portuguese

rato (Mus musculus)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) 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)

   Synonym: camundongo (Brazil)

3. (computer hardware, Portugal) mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)

   Synonym: mouse (Brazil)

4. burglar; petty thief (person who steals small objects)

   Synonyms: gatuno, ladrão

Derived terms

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

• 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

Latin raptus, compare Spanish rato.

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

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

   Synonyms: bocado, pouco

Further reading

• “rato” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrato/, [ˈra.t̪o]

Etymology 1

From Latin raptus.

Noun

rato m (plural ratos)

1. a while, bit (a short period of time)
   • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:

     Durante tres meses, en los ratos libres que le deja el periódico y su labor clandestina escribe un poema de más de seiscientos versos en donde se sumerge en el misterio y en el martirio de los poetas menores.

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Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

From rata, this from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Noun

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

1. (archaic) male rat

Further reading

• “rato” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.