Finnish

Noun

ratto

1. pleasure

Declension

Anagrams

• ortta, ratot, rotat, rotta, torat

Interlingua

Noun

ratto ‎(plural rattos)

1. rat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrat.to/, [ˈr̺ät̪ːo̞]
• Hyphenation: ràt‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin rapidus ‎(“quick”).

Adjective

ratto m ‎(feminine singular ratta, masculine plural ratti, feminine plural ratte) (obsolete)

1. quick, swift
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto XVIII, p. 271 vv. 103-105:

     «Ratto, ratto, che 'l tempo non si perda ¶ per poco amor» gridavan li altri appresso, ¶ «che studio di ben far grazia rinverda».

     «Quick, quick, so that the time may not be lost ¶ by little love!» forthwith the others cried, ¶ «for ardour in well-doing freshens grace».

2. steep, downward, brant
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto XII, p. 184 vv. 106-108:

     [...] così s'allenta la ripa che cade ¶ quivi ben ratta da l'altro girone; ¶ ma quinci e quindi l'alta pietra rade.

     [...] e'en thus attempered is the bank which falls ¶ sheer downward from the second circle there; ¶ but on this side and that the high rock graze.

Adverb

ratto (obsolete)

1. quickly, swiftly
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto V, p. 80, vv. 103-105:

     «[...] Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende, ¶ prese costui de la bella persona ¶ che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. [...]»

     «[...] Love, that on gentle heart doth swiftly seize, ¶ seized this man for the person beautiful ¶ that was ta'en from me, and still the mode offends me. [...]»

2. (followed by che) as soon as
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto II, p. 29, vv. 109-111:

     Ma quell'anime, ch'eran lasse e nude, ¶ cangiar colore e dibattero i denti, ¶ ratto che 'nteser le parole crude.

     But all those souls who weary were and naked ¶ their colour changed and gnashed their teeth together, ¶ as soon as they had heard those cruel words.

Etymology 2

From Latin raptus.

Adjective

ratto m ‎(feminine singular ratta, masculine plural ratti, feminine plural ratte) (archaic)

1. having been abducted or kidnapped

Noun

ratto m ‎(plural ratti) (literary)

1. (specifically referring to classical antiquity) abduction

Etymology 3

From Vulgar Latin rattus ‎(“rat”).

Noun

ratto m ‎(plural ratti)

1. rat

Synonyms

• sorcio (rat or mouse)
• topo (rat or mouse)

Anagrams

• rotta, torta, trota

Latin

Noun

rattō

1. dative singular of rattus
2. ablative singular of rattus

Portuguese

Noun

ratto m (plural rattos, feminine ratta, feminine plural rattas)

1. Obsolete spelling of rato