raton

raton

See also: Raton, rat on, and ratón

Esperanto

Noun

raton

1. accusative singular of rato

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Finnish

Noun

raton

1. genitive singular of ratto

Anagrams

• Rotan, rotan, toran

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.tɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

From rat +‎ -on.

Noun

raton m (plural ratons)

1. young rat
2. raccoon

Derived terms

• raton laveur

Descendants

• → Romanian: raton

Etymology 2

The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.

Noun

raton m (plural ratons, feminine ratonne)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, vulgar) someone of Arab or Algerian descent
   • 1961, Jean-Paul Sartre, Préface des Les Damnés de la Terre (Frantz Fanon):

     Quel bavardage : liberté, égalité, fraternité, amour, honneur, patrie, que sais-je ? Cela ne nous empêchait pas de tenir en même temps des discours racistes, sale nègre, sale juif, sale raton.

     What gibberish: liberty, fairness, brotherhood, amity, honor, fatherland, what do I know? This doesn't stop us from holding at the same time racist discourses, foul black, foul jew, vile person of Arab or Algerian descent.

Derived terms

• ratonnade
• ratonner

Further reading

• “raton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• trôna

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Ladin

Verb

raton

1. first-person plural present indicative of rater
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of rater
3. first-person plural imperative of rater

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Middle English

Noun

raton (plural ratons)

1. Alternative form of ratoun

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.

Noun

raton

1. mouse

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French raton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raˈton/

Noun

raton m (plural ratoni)

1. raccoon

   Synonym: ursuleț spălător

Declension

Declension of raton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) raton	ratonul	(niște) ratoni	ratonii
genitive/dative	(unui) raton	ratonului	(unor) ratoni	ratonilor
vocative	ratonule		ratonilor