rata

From Maori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (tree of genus Metrosideros). Compare Tahitian puarātā (Metrosideros collina).

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.

• “rata, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2008.

Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

rata (plural ratas)

1. The yellow mangosteen, Garcinia dulcis, a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.

   Synonyms: mundu, maphuut, Claudie mangosteen, gourka, eggtree

• Garcinia dulcis at Germplasm Resources Information Network

• Metrosideros on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mangosteen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Metrosideros on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Garcinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• ta-ra, taar, Tārā, Arta, ATRA, Tara, tara, A.A.R.T., Atar, atar

rata

1. name

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

rata

1. Romanization of ᬭᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬭᬣ

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rattus (“rat”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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rata f (plural rates)

1. rat

   Synonym: rat

2. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)

   Synonym: saltabardissa

• ratador
• ratadura

• “rata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

rata

1. inflection of ratar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Finnic *rata, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tradō. Cognates include Estonian rada, Livonian radā, Karelian rata (“The Milky Way”), Ingrian rata (“The Milky Way”).

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

rata

1. (literary) route, path, road

   Synonyms: tie, polku, reitti

2. (rail transport) railroad track, track

   Synonym: rautatie

3. (sports) track, lane, course, ground, range, sheet

   luistelurata ― skating track

   uimarata ― swim lane

   ravirata ― harness racing course

   jousiammuntarata ― archery ground

   ampumarata ― shooting range

   curling-rata ― curling sheet

4. (mechanics) trajectory, course (path of a body as it travels through space)

   Synonym: lentorata

5. (mechanics) orbit (path of one object around another)

   Synonym: kiertorata

6. (figuratively) course (sequence of events)

   Kaikki menee normaalia rataansa. ― Everything follows the normal course of events.

7. (slang) nightlife

   Synonym: baana

• ratas

• “rata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• -rtaa, arat, atra

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rata

1. third-person singular past historic of rater

• tara

From rato (“mouse”).

• IPA^(key):

rata f (plural ratas)

1. rat

• rato

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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rata

1. fire

From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wratōną. The word is absent in the related modern languages, but cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn, “to travel, to journey”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

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

1. to find one’s way
2. to know the way
   • a. 13th century, 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.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ra‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta

From Malay rata, from Javanese ꦫꦠ (rata), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar and latar.

rata

1. even
   1. flat and level
   2. parallel: on a level; reaching the same limit

      Synonym: papar

2. even, evenly, equally: in a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each.
3. flat

   Gempa bumi telah menyebabkan bangunan-bangunan itu menjadi rata dengan tanah. ― An earthquake had been flattened the buildings.

   Synonyms: datar, pelat

4. smooth

   Permukaannya tidak rata. ― The surface is not smooth.

   Synonyms: halus, mulus

From Malay rata, from Sanskrit रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

rata (first-person possessive rataku, second-person possessive ratamu, third-person possessive ratanya)

1. (obsolete) carriage

   Synonym: kereta

• “rata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *rata. Cognates include Finnish rata and Estonian rada.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ta

rata

1. course, trajectory

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 460

From Medieval Latin rata, from the Latin phrase pro rata parte (“according to the proportional share”), from ratus (“reckoned”), past participle of the verb reor (“to think over, deem, reckon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: rà‧ta

rata f (plural rate)

1. instalment/installment

• atra, tara

rata

1. Romanization of ꦫꦠ

rata f (plural rates)

1. dose
2. instalment

rata

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

rata

1. hair

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ta/,

rata

1. inflection of ratus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

rata m

1. genitive singular of rats

rata

1. guest
2. foreigner

• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar.

rata (Jawi spelling رات)

1. level, even, flat

• Indonesian: rata

From Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

rata (Jawi spelling رات, plural rata-rata, informal 1st possessive rataku, 2nd possessive ratamu, 3rd possessive ratanya)

1. chariot

• “rata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

rata

1. tame
2. quiet

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

rata

1. to love

Feminine of rat (“rat”)

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rata f (plural ratas)

1. (Rattus rattus) female black rat

• rata d'aiga

• rat

• IPA^(key): /ra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: ratā, ratha
• Hyphenation: ra‧ta

rata

1. Alternative spelling of surata

rata

1. Alternative spelling of ratā

rata

1. Alternative spelling of ratā

• "rata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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Borrowed from German Rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin ratus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ra‧ta
• Homophone: Rata

rata f (diminutive ratka)

1. (banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)

   Hypernym: należność

• rata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ta

rata f (plural ratas)

1. female equivalent of rato
2. (chiefly Portugal, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

rata

1. inflection of ratar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French rater.

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a rata (third-person singular present ratează, past participle ratat) 1st conj.

1. to miss, to fail

Borrowed from Italian rata (“installment”).

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

ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ра́та)

1. installment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rata (Cyrillic spelling рата)

1. genitive singular of rat

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

rata

1. to love

• IPA^(key): /ˈrata/

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ra‧ta

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. It is not known how the noun made the jump to a feminine noun.

rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato, masculine plural ratos)

1. rat (a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus)

rata (invariable)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted

   Synonyms: tacaño, pesetero, hijo de puta

2. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, jerk (a despicable person, especially who has been deceitful or disloyal)
3. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, snitch, informant

   Synonyms: chivato, soplón, delator, sapo

• rata topo desnuda (“naked mole rat”)

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rata f (plural ratas)

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• “rata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Old Norse hrata, from Proto-Germanic *hratt- (“to rush”); see *hradaz (“hasty, quick”). Cognate with Icelandic hrata (“to lose balance”) and Old English hratian (“to hurry”).

rata (present ratar, preterite ratade, supine ratat, imperative rata)

1. to reject

   Synonyms: avslå, försmå, kassera, skrota, underkänna, vraka

   Antonyms: anta, godta, ta, välja

• rata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from English letter.

rata

1. letter

Possibly from Malay rata (“level, flat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾa.ta/

rata

1. (stative) to be smooth

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ta/

go rata (past ratile)

1. to love
2. to like

Borrowed from Russian страдать (stradatʹ). Compare Finnish raataa, Karelian ruadua and Ludian ruata.

rata

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

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “возделывать, действовать, обработать, работать, трудиться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Malay rata (“level, flat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̪a.t̪a/

rata

1. (stative) to be flat, level

   afi da rata ― level ground

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics