ratel

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See also: râtél

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans ratel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪtəl/, /ˈɹɑːtəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

ratel (plural ratels)

  1. Synonym of honey badger

Descendants

  • → Italian: ratelo

Translations

Mellivora capensis — see honey badger

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

A shortening of Dutch rateldas, formed (in South Africa) from (dialectal) ratel (“honeycomb”) + das (“badger”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ratel (plural ratels)

  1. honey badger
  2. badger
    Synonym: das

Descendants

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans ratel.

Pronunciation

Noun

ratel m (plural ratels)

  1. honey badger

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ratele.

Noun

ratel f or m (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)

  1. (music) ratchet, rattle
  2. ratchet (tool or mechanism)
  3. socket wrench
  4. rattle (organ for making noise, such as a rattlesnake's)
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: ratel (dated)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ratele, a compound of râte (“honeycomb”) and -ele. The suffix is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix), and râte (now raat) is ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”), which is probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-.

Noun

ratel f (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)

  2. (Belgium) honeycomb
    • 1895, De Mandelbie, volume 1, number 6, page 86:
      Zij zullen meêdoogenloos uitgeplunterd worden ; zelfs de ratels zullen hunne vraatzucht niet ontgaan, zooals gij verder zult zien.
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    • 1971, Vlaams Imkersblad, page 227:
      Honig diende tot voeding en werd als offer in de godsdienstige plechtigheden aangeboden. De oude Kelten, over drie duizend jaren, boden de landelijke godheden een ratel (raat) zeem aan om de zegening der veldvruchten te bekomen.
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  3. (uncommon, chiefly South Africa) ratel
    Synonym: honingdas

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ratel

  1. inflection of ratelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

ratel m (plural ratéis)

  1. honey badger (Mellivora capensis, a mustelid of Africa, Arabia and India)

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈtel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: ra‧tel

Noun

ratel m (plural rateles)

  1. honey badger
    Synonym: tejón de miel
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