rotta

rotta (plural rottas)

1. (music) Alternative form of rota

• Ratto, Tatro, ottar, tarot, tator, torat, torta, troat

From Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key):

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, plural rottur)

1. rat (Rattus)

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish rotta (compare Swedish råtta), from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rot‧ta

rotta

1. rat
2. (Internet slang) unemployed person living on welfare

   Antonym: lammas

• →? Ingrian: rotta
• →? Karelian:
  • North Karelian: rotta
  • South Karelian: rotta

• “rotta”, 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

• ortta, ratot, ratto, rotat, torat

From Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔhta/
• Rhymes: -ɔhta

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, nominative plural rottur)

1. rat
2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone deceitful or scheming

   Synonym: undirförull

Probably borrowed from Finnish rotta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -otː, -otːɑ
• Hyphenation: rot‧ta

rotta

1. rat
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:

     Rotta i hiiri.

     The rat and the mouse.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ротта”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot.ta/
• Rhymes: -otta
• Hyphenation: rót‧ta

Inherited from Latin rupta [via], compare French route.

rotta f (plural rotte)

1. course, route, lane

   Synonyms: percorso, tragitto, direzione

2. (figurative) orientation (ideological)

   Synonym: orientamento

3. (archaic or regional) path, way

   Synonyms: via, cammino, strada

• rota, rutta (obsolete spellings)

• “rótta^2–3”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 147f.

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of rompere (“to break”).

rotta f (plural rotte)

1. (military) defeat, rout

   Synonyms: sconfitta, disfatta

   andare in rotta ― being defeated

2. flood, inundation (of a river)

   Synonyms: staripamento, inondazione

3. breakdown (of relationships)

   venire alle rotte con ― to end relations with

4. calamity, disaster

   Synonym: sciagura

5. (archaic) breaking

   Synonym: rottura

• ropta, rocta, rota (obsolete spellings)

• “rótta¹”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 145ff.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

• ratto, torta, trota

Probably borrowed from Finnish rotta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/
• Hyphenation: rot‧ta

rotta (genitive rotan, partitive rottua)

1. rat
2. (South Karelian) Synonym of muakondie (“mole”)

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “rotta”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “rotta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Borrowed from Italian rotta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt.ta/

rotta f (plural rotot)

1. course, route

• rotten

rotta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rotte

rotta f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter or rottor, definite plural rottene or rottone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of rotte
2. definite singular of rotte

rotta (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotta/rott)

1. Alternative form of rotte

rotta

1. plural of rott