raton

See also: Raton, rat on, and ratón

Esperanto

Noun

raton

1. accusative singular of rato

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Finnish

Noun

raton

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of ratto

Anagrams

• Rotan, rotan, toran

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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

Etymology 2

The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.

Noun

raton m (plural ratons, feminine ratonne)

1. (derogatory) someone of Arab or Algerian descent

Derived terms

• ratonnade
• ratonner

Anagrams

• trôna

Further reading

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

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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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• ratoun, ratun

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ratoun; equivalent to ratte +‎ -oun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈtuːn/, /ˈratun/

Noun

raton (plural ratons)

1. rat
   • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:

     Wiþ þat ran þere a route · of ratones at ones / And smale mys with hem · mo þen a þousande

     With that a rout of rats ran at once, / and small mice with them; more than a thousand.

Synonyms

• ratte

Derived terms

• ratoner

Descendants

• English: ratton (dialectal)
• Scots: ratton

References

• “ratǒun (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-14.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.

Noun

raton

1. mouse

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Romanian

Etymology

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