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Rata

Ra′ta

(rä′tȧ)
,
Noun.
[Maori.]
(Bot.)
A New Zealand forest tree (
Metrosideros robusta
), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.

Definition 2024


Rata

Rata

See also: rata, ráta, ratā, and rață

Translingual

Proper noun

Rata n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – certain crabs.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


Finnish

Etymology

Acronym of rahoitus tarkastus.

Proper noun

Rata

  1. the Finnish name of the Financial Supervision Authority, the authority supervising financial markets and participants.

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rata

rata

See also: ráta, ratā, rață, and Rata

English

Noun

rata (usually uncountable, plural ratas)

  1. (usually countable) Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros
  2. (usually uncountable) The hard dark red wood of such trees.

Etymology 2

Noun

rata (plural ratas)

  1. The mangosteen tree Garcinia dulcis of Indonesia.

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈra.tə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈra.tə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/

Noun

rata f (plural rates)

  1. rat

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raþo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ

Noun

rata

  1. (rail transport) railroad track, line
  2. (sports) track, lane
  3. (curling) A sheet (area of ice on which one game of curling is played)
  4. An orbit (path of one object around another).
  5. A course (of life).
  6. A trajectory (path of a body as it travels through space).

Declension

Inflection of rata (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative rata radat
genitive radan ratojen
partitive rataa ratoja
illative rataan ratoihin
singular plural
nominative rata radat
accusative nom. rata radat
gen. radan
genitive radan ratojen
ratainrare
partitive rataa ratoja
inessive radassa radoissa
elative radasta radoista
illative rataan ratoihin
adessive radalla radoilla
ablative radalta radoilta
allative radalle radoille
essive ratana ratoina
translative radaksi radoiksi
instructive radoin
abessive radatta radoitta
comitative ratoineen

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French

Verb

rata

  1. third-person singular past historic of rater

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Galician

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. rat

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Guaraní

Noun

rata

  1. fire

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wratōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːta/
  • Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

rata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rataði, supine ratað)

  1. to find one’s way
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
      Vits er þörf
      þeim er víða ratar.
      Dælt er heima hvað.
      Að augabragði verður
      sá er ekki kann
      og með snotrum situr.
      Wits must he have
      who wanders wide,
      But all is easy at home;
      At the witless man
      the wise shall wink
      When among such men he sits.

Conjugation


Italian

Noun

rata f (plural rate)

  1. instalment

Anagrams


Javanese

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese ratā (level place).

Pronunciation

  • (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta
  • (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ,
  • (Western) Rhymes: -ta, -a

Adjective

rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)

  1. flat

Adverb

rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)

  1. (distribution) evenly
  2. everywhere
Synonyms
  • (evenly): wrata
  • (everywhere): mratah

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese ratha (chariot), borrowing from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, chariot).

Pronunciation

  • (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta
  • (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ,
  • (Western) Rhymes: -ta, -a

Noun

rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)

  1. (literary) carriage
Synonyms

Ladin

Noun

rata f (plural rates)

  1. dose
  2. instalment

Verb

rata

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rater
  2. third-person plural present indicative of rater
  3. second-person singular imperative of rater

Latin

Adjective

rata

  1. nominative feminine singular of ratus
  2. nominative neuter plural of ratus
  3. accusative neuter plural of ratus
  4. vocative feminine singular of ratus
  5. vocative neuter plural of ratus

ratā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ratus

Latvian

Noun

rata m

  1. genitive singular form of rats

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lasa (Compare Fijian lasa).

Adjective

rata

  1. tame
  2. quiet

Occitan

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. (Rattus rattus) female black rat

Derived terms

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Polish

Noun

rata f

  1. installment

Declension


Portuguese

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. feminine equivalent of rato

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǎːta/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun

ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ра́та)

  1. installment

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rattus (rat), of Germanic origin.

Noun

rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato)

  1. a rat

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hrata. Cognate with Icelandic hrata (to lose balance) and Old English hratian (to hurry).

Verb

rata

  1. to reject

Conjugation

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Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/

Verb

go rata (past ratile)

  1. to love
  2. to like

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian страдать (stradatʹ)

Verb

rata

  1. to work
  2. to toil
  3. to act (perform an action)

Inflection

Inflection
1st infinitive rata
present indic. radab
past indic. radoi
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular radan radoin
2nd singular radad radoid rada
3rd singular radab radoi ?
1st plural radam radoim rakam
2nd plural radat radoit rakat
3rd plural ratas
radaba
radoiba ?
sing. conneg.1 rada radand rada
plur. conneg. rakoi ranugoi rakoi
present
conditional
past
conditional
potential
1st singular radaižin ranuižin radanen
2nd singular radaižid ranuižid radaned
3rd singular radaiži ranuiži radaneb
1st plural radaižim ranuižim radanem
2nd plural radaižit ranuižit radanet
3rd plural radaižiba ranuižiba radaneba
connegative radaiži ranuiži radane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive rata
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive rates inessive radamas
instructive raten illative ?
participles elative radamaspäi
present active radai adessive radamal
past active ranu abessive radamat
past passive ratud

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