Translation
rat
Word origin
From the international word behind English rat, German Ratte and French rat. All of them go back to a Late Latin rattus, and beyond that the trail runs cold; the ultimate source is unknown.
- Origin
- Late Latin
- Root
- rattus
- English cognates
- rat
Examples
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A big rat ran under the floor.
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The cat caught a rat in the garden.
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Rats are afraid of the light.
Keep and apart: the rat is the big one, the mouse the small one, exactly as in English. Because the two words differ by a single letter in Esperanto as well, it pays to drill them as a pair. A rat trap is a ratkaptilo, built transparently from , and the tool suffix --.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 30.