ratel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans ratel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪtəl/, /ˈɹɑːtəl/
Noun
ratel (plural ratels)
- Synonym of honey badger
Descendants
- → Italian: ratelo
Translations
Anagrams
- Alert, alert, alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, taler, telar
Afrikaans
Etymology
A shortening of Dutch rateldas, formed (in South Africa) from (dialectal) ratel (“honeycomb”) + das (“badger”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
ratel (plural ratels)
- honey badger
- badger
- Synonym: das
Descendants
- → Catalan: ratel
- → English: ratel
- → Italian: ratelo
Catalan
Etymology
From Afrikaans ratel.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rəˈtɛl/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /raˈtɛl/
Noun
ratel m (plural ratels)
- honey badger
Further reading
- “ratel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraː.təl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧tel
- Rhymes: -aːtəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ratele.
Noun
ratel f or m (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)
- (music) ratchet, rattle
- ratchet (tool or mechanism)
- socket wrench
- rattle (organ for making noise, such as a rattlesnake's)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: ratel (dated)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch ratele, a compound of râte (“honeycomb”) and -ele. The suffix is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix), and râte (now raat) is ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”), which is probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-.
Noun
ratel f (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)
- (Belgium) honeycomb
- 1895, De Mandelbie, vol. 1, issue 6, page 86.
- Zij zullen meêdoogenloos uitgeplunterd worden ; zelfs de ratels zullen hunne vraatzucht niet ontgaan, zooals gij verder zult zien.
- 1971, Vlaams Imkersblad, page 227.
- Honig diende tot voeding en werd als offer in de godsdienstige plechtigheden aangeboden. De oude Kelten, over drie duizend jaren, boden de landelijke godheden een ratel (raat) zeem aan om de zegening der veldvruchten te bekomen.
- 1895, De Mandelbie, vol. 1, issue 6, page 86.
- (uncommon, chiefly South Africa) ratel [from 18th c.]
- Synonym: honingdas
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ratel
- first-person singular present indicative of ratelen
- imperative of ratelen
Anagrams
- alert, later
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈtɛw/ [haˈtɛʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈtɛw/ [χaˈtɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈtɛl/ [ʁɐˈtɛɫ]
Noun
ratel m (plural ratéis)
- honey badger (Mellivora capensis, a mustelid of Africa, Arabia and India)
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈtel/ [raˈt̪el]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: ra‧tel
Noun
ratel m (plural rateles)
- honey badger
- Synonym: tejón de miel