different between rats vs dogs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æts/
• Rhymes: -æts

Noun

rats

1. plural of rat

Interjection

rats

1. (informal) Expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn. [from 1886]
2. (informal) Expression of disbelief.

Translations

Verb

rats

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rat

Anagrams

• RAST, RTAs, Star, TSRA, arts, arts., sart, star, tars, tsar

Catalan

Noun

rats

1. plural of rat

Danish

Noun

rats n

1. indefinite genitive singular of rat
2. indefinite genitive plural of rat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a/

Noun

rats m

1. plural of rat

Anagrams

• arts, star, tsar, tars

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *retas. Cognates include Latvian rets and Lithuanian retas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rats/

Adjective

rats

1. rare

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ret(h), *rot(h). Cognates include Lithuanian rãtas (“wheel”), Sanskrit ?? (ratha, “chariot”), Old High German rad (“wheel”) (German Rad (“wheel”)), Latin rota (“wheel”) (Portuguese roda, Spanish rueda, Italian ruota, Romanian roat?, French roue), Albanian rreth (“hoop, circle, wheel rim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ats]

Noun

rats m (1st declension)

1. wheel (circular device that rotates on its axis)

2. (only plural) cart, carriage (small wheeled vehicle drawn by animals)

Declension

Synonyms

• ritenis

References

Volapük

Noun

rats

1. nominative plural of rat

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /d??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??z/
• (US, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /d??z/

Noun

dogs

1. plural of dog

Noun

dogs pl (plural only)

1. (slang, US) Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat. [from early 20th c.]

   My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.

2. (usually with the) A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.

   I lost money at the dogs last night.

3. (nautical) Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.

Derived terms

• dogs bark
• gone to the dogs

Verb

dogs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dog

Anagrams

• Gods, gods

Volapük

Noun

dogs

1. nominative plural of dog