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]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ra‧to

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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rraton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “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

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

(deprecated template usage) 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.tu/

Etymology 1

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

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

   Synonym: (Brazil) mouse

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, 2003–2024.

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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
• 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. male rat
2. mouse

   Synonym: ratón