rats

See also: Rats

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹæts/
  • Rhymes: -æts

Noun

rats

  1. plural of rat

Interjection

rats

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

Translations

Verb

rats

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

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

rats n

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

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁa/

Noun

rats m

  1. plural of rat

Anagrams

Latvian
Stūres rats (1)
Dzirnavu rats (1)
Rati (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ret(h), *rot(h). Cognates include Lithuanian rãtas (“wheel”), Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”), Old High German rad (“wheel”) (German Rad (“wheel”)), Latin rota (“wheel”) (Portuguese roda, Spanish rueda, Italian ruota, Romanian roată, French roue), Albanian rreth (“hoop, circle, wheel rim”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾats]

Noun

rats m (1st declension)

  1. wheel (circular device that rotates on its axis)
    stūres rats ― steering wheel
    dzirnavu rats ― millwheel
    spara rats, spararats ― flywheel
    ķēdes pārvada rats ― chain wheel
    laimes rats ― the wheel of fortune
    pagriezt atpakaļ , apturēt vēstures ratu ― to turn back, to stop the wheel of history
  2. (only plural) cart, carriage (small wheeled vehicle drawn by animals)
    jūgt zirgu ratos ― to harness a horse to a cart
    vienjūga, divjūga rati ― a one-, a two-horse cart or carriage
    smagie rati ― heavy cart
    rati ar gumijas riteņiem ― a cart with rubber wheels

Declension
Declension of rats (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) rats rati
accusative (akuzatīvs) ratu ratus
genitive (ģenitīvs) rata ratu
dative (datīvs) ratam ratiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ratu ratiem
locative (lokatīvs) ratā ratos
vocative (vokatīvs) rats rati

Synonyms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

rats

  1. nominative plural of rat
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