rat

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), of uncertain origin, possibly from. However, the rat may have been unknown in Northern Europe in antiquity, and the Proto-Germanic word may have referred to a different animal; see for more. Attestation of this family of words begins in the 12th century.

Some of the Germanic cognates show considerable consonant variation, e.g. 🇨🇬, ; 🇨🇬,,. The irregularity may be symptomatic of a late dispersal of the word, although Kroonen accounts for it with a Proto-Germanic stem *raþō nom., *ruttaz gen., showing both ablaut and a Kluge's law alternation, with the variation arising from varying remodellings in the descendants. Kroonen states that this requires a etymon in final *t and is incompatible with the usual derivation from.

Noun

 * 1)  A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus.
 * 2)  Any of the numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) that resemble true rats in appearance, usually having a pointy snout, a long, bare tail, and body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
 * 3)  A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
 * 4)  An informant or snitch.
 * 5)  A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
 * 6)  A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
 * 7) A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
 * 8) A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
 * 9)  Vagina.
 * 10) * 1929, E. J. Dailey, in Hardings Magazine&apos;s Question Box, printed in Fur Fish Game, page 73:
 * Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.
 * 1) A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
 * 2) A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
 * 3)  Vagina.
 * 4) * 1929, E. J. Dailey, in Hardings Magazine&apos;s Question Box, printed in Fur Fish Game, page 73:
 * Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.
 * 1) * 1929, E. J. Dailey, in Hardings Magazine&apos;s Question Box, printed in Fur Fish Game, page 73:
 * Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.
 * 1) * 1929, E. J. Dailey, in Hardings Magazine&apos;s Question Box, printed in Fur Fish Game, page 73:
 * Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.
 * Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.

Synonyms

 * (see for more synonyms)

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: lúbaire
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Macedonian: предавник, предавница, предавничка
 * Polish:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: judeu, cunfidenti dâ custura, pintutu, tradituri
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: vicariotu, sdisanestu
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שטינקר
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sicilian: cunfidenti dâ custura,
 * Spanish:


 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To hunt or kill rats.
 * 2)  To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
 * 3)  To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
 * 4)  To backcomb (hair).
 * 5)  To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
 * He ratted on his coworker.
 * He is going to rat us out!
 * He is going to rat us out!

Synonyms

 * , to finger or put the finger on, bewray

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, донасям за
 * Catalan:, acuar (colloquial)
 * Danish: stikke
 * Finnish: antaa ilmi,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: delatar
 * German:
 * Irish: tréig
 * Manx: treig
 * Polish:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Italian:, , fare la spia

Etymology 2
From, further etymology unknown. Compare 🇨🇬. Could be related to. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  A scratch or a score.
 * 2)  A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.

Verb

 * 1)  To scratch or score.
 * 2)  To tear, rip, rend.
 * 3) Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
 * 1) Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
 * 1) Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.

Usage notes
The verb rat is rarely used in the second sense. In the sense to tear, rip, rend, the form to-rat is more common. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A ration.

Etymology
From, from.

Pronunciation

 * (except in some older speakers)
 * (except in some older speakers)

Noun

 * 1) wheel, steering wheel

Etymology
From, from , , from , , from. Related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A rat, medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus, or of certain other genera in the family.
 * 2)  Any of the numerous, fairly large members of several rodent families that resemble true rats in appearance.
 * 3)  A traitor; a scoundrel; a quisling.
 * 4)  An informant or snitch.
 * 5)  An urchin.
 * 6)  A pauper; undesirable commoner.
 * 7)  A watch.

Derived terms
- animal species

Etymology
, from ; ultimately of origin, from  or.

Noun

 * 1)  sweetheart
 * 2) scrooge
 * 1) scrooge

Etymology
From ,
 * from, from.
 * from . See in Wikipedia for more information.

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) night

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) wheel

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) fast, quick

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  black rat

Etymology
Of origin, from  or.

Noun

 * 1)  rodent

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) land

Etymology 1
, from. Cognate with dialectal 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) blood

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1) night

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  rat

Etymology
, from the o-grade of, cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) war

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  or mouse

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) rat (rodent of the family )