raton

See also: Raton, rat on, and ratón

Esperanto

Noun

raton

1. accusative singular of rato

Finnish

Noun

raton

1. genitive singular of ratto

Anagrams

• Rotan, rotan, toran

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.tɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

From rat +‎ -on.

Noun

raton m (plural ratons)

1. young rat
2. raccoon

Derived terms

• raton laveur

Descendants

• → Romanian: raton

Etymology 2

The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.

Noun

raton m (plural ratons, feminine ratonne)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, vulgar) someone of Arab or Algerian descent
   • 1961, Jean-Paul Sartre, Préface des Les Damnés de la Terre (Frantz Fanon):

     Quel bavardage : liberté, égalité, fraternité, amour, honneur, patrie, que sais-je ? Cela ne nous empêchait pas de tenir en même temps des discours racistes, sale nègre, sale juif, sale raton.

     What gibberish: liberty, fairness, brotherhood, amity, honor, fatherland, what do I know? This doesn't stop us from holding at the same time racist discourses, foul black, foul jew, vile person of Arab or Algerian descent.

Derived terms

• ratonnade
• ratonner

Further reading

• “raton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• trôna

Ladin

Verb

raton

1. first-person plural present indicative of rater
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of rater
3. first-person plural imperative of rater

Middle English

Noun

raton (plural ratons)

1. Alternative form of ratoun

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.

Noun

raton

1. mouse

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French raton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raˈton/

Noun

raton m (plural ratoni)

1. raccoon

   Synonym: ursuleț spălător

Declension

Declension of raton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) raton	ratonul	(niște) ratoni	ratonii
genitive/dative	(unui) raton	ratonului	(unor) ratoni	ratonilor
vocative	ratonule		ratonilor