ratte

See also: Ratte and rätte

English

Alternative forms

• Ratte

Noun

ratte (plural rattes)

1. A kind of small potato with a nutty flavour and smooth, buttery texture.

Anagrams

• Treat, atter, tater, teart, tetra, tetra-, treat

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ratte

1. vocative singular of rattus

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

ratte f

1. rat

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: rat
• Limburgish: rat

Further reading

• “ratte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ratte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• rat, rotte, raat, ratt

Etymology

From Old English ræt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rat/

Noun

ratte (plural rattes)

1. rat

Synonyms

• raton

Descendants

• English: rat

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun ratt (“steering wheel”)

Verb

ratte (imperative ratt, present tense ratter, passive rattes, simple past and past participle ratta or rattet, present participle rattende)

1. to steer, drive (a vehicle)

Synonyms

• styre

References

• “ratte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ratte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun ratt (“steering wheel”)

Verb

ratte (present tense rattar, past tense ratta, past participle ratta, passive infinitive rattast, present participle rattande, imperative ratte/ratt)

1. to steer, drive (a vehicle)

Alternative forms

• ratta

Synonyms

• styre, styra

References

• “ratte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.