different between rata vs reata

English

Etymology 1

From Maori r?t? or cognate Tahitian r?t? (tree of genus Metrosideros). Compare Tahitian puar?t? (Metrosideros collina).

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.

References

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

Etymology 2

Compare Sinhalese ?? ????? (ra?a gorak?, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi ?????? (r?tamb?, “Garcinia indica”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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

References

• Garcinia dulcis at Germplasm Resources Information Network

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• A.A.R.T., ATRA, Arta, Tara, T?r?, atar, ta-ra, tara

'Are'are

Noun

rata

1. name

References

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

Balinese

Romanization

rata

1. Romanization of ??
2. Romanization of ??

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rattus (“rat”)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ra.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/

Noun

rata f (plural rates)

1. rat

   Synonym: rat

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rata” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?t?/, [?r?t??]
• Rhymes: -?t?
• Syllabification: ra?ta

Noun

rata

1. (rail transport) railroad track

   Synonym: rautatie

2. (sports) track, lane, course
3. (curling) sheet (area of ice on which one game of curling is played)
4. orbit (path of one object around another)

   Synonym: kiertorata

5. course (sequence of events)

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

   Synonym: lentorata

Declension

Compounds

See also

• ratas

Anagrams

• -rtaa, arat, atra

French

Verb

rata

1. third-person singular past historic of rater

Anagrams

• tara

Galician

Etymology

From rato (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rat?]

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

1. rat

Related terms

• rato

References

• “rata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “rata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guaraní

Noun

rata

1. fire

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wrat?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?ta/
• Rhymes: -a?ta

Verb

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

1. to find one’s 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.

Conjugation

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rata, from Javanese ?? (rata), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *data?. Doublet of datar.

Adjective

rata

1. even
2. flat

   Gempa bumi telah menyebabkan bangunan-bangunan itu menjadi rata dengan tanah.

   An earthquake had been flattened the buildings.

3. smooth

   permukaannya (tidak rata / kasar)

   the surface (is not smooth / is rough)

Synonyms

• datar
• pelat
• mulus
• halus

Italian

Etymology

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 (“I think over, deem, reckon”).

Noun

rata f (plural rate)

1. instalment

Anagrams

• atra, tara

Javanese

Romanization

rata

1. Romanization of ??

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

Pronunciation 1

• rata: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/, [?rät?ä]
• rata: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/, [?r??t??]

Adjective

rata

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

Pronunciation 2

• rat?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra.ta?/, [?rät?ä?]
• rat?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/, [?r??t??]

Adjective

rat?

1. ablative feminine singular of ratus

Latvian

Noun

rata m

1. genitive singular form of rats

Lindu

Noun

rata

1. guest
2. foreigner

Malay

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *data?. Doublet of datar.

Adjective

rata (Jawi spelling ????, plural rata-rata)

1. level, even, flat

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: rata

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ?? (ratha).

Noun

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

1. chariot

Further reading

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

Maori

Etymology

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

Adjective

rata

1. tame
2. quiet

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb

rata

1. to love

Occitan

Etymology

Feminine of rat (“rat”)

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

1. (Rattus rattus) female black rat

Derived terms

• rata d'aiga

Related terms

• rat

Polish

Etymology

From Italian rata, from Medieval Latin rata, from the Latin phrase pro rata parte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/

Noun

rata f

1. installment

Declension

Further reading

• rata in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

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

Synonyms

• (woman's genitalia): See here

Romanian

Etymology

From French rater.

Verb

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

1. to miss, to fail

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Italian rata (“installment”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??ta/
• Hyphenation: ra?ta

Noun

ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. installment

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

rata (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive singular of rat

Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb

rata

1. to love

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rata/, [?ra.t?a]

Adjective

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

Noun

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

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

Hyponyms

• rata topo desnuda (“naked mole rat”)

Derived terms

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

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”).

Verb

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

1. to reject

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

   Antonyms: anta, godta, ta, välja

Conjugation

References

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

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.ta/

Verb

go rata (past ratile)

1. to love
2. to like

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???????? (stradat?). Compare Finnish raataa, Karelian ruadua and Ludian ruata.

Verb

rata

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

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???????????, ???????????, ??????????, ????????, ?????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Alternative forms

• riata

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i???t?/

Noun

reata (plural reatas)

1. A lariat or lasso.

Translations

Estonian

Noun

reata

1. abessive singular of rida

Spanish

Etymology

From reatar (“retie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?ata/, [re?a.t?a]

Noun

reata f (plural reatas)

1. rope, lasso
2. single file
3. (Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• reatazo

Further reading

• “reata” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.