rats
See also: Rats and 'rats
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹæts/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æts
Noun
rats
- plural of rat
Interjection
rats
- (informal) Expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn. [from 1886]
- (informal) Expression of disbelief.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- "It's damned clever - fair puzzles 'em every time. How d'ye get them?" "I tell you I don't. It's outside myself." "Rats! You can tell me, Tom. I'm Griffiths, the safe man."
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Translations
damn, darn
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Verb
rats
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rat
Anagrams
- RAST, RTAs, Star, TSRA, arts, arts., sart, star, tars, tsar
Catalan
Noun
rats
- plural of rat
Danish
Noun
rats n
- indefinite genitive singular of rat
- indefinite genitive plural of rat
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa/
Audio (file)
Noun
rats m
- plural of rat
Anagrams
- arts, star, tsar, tars
Latgalian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *retas. Cognates include Latvian rets and Lithuanian retas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrat͡s]
- Hyphenation: rats
Adjective
rats
- rare
Declension
Indefinite declension of rats (type 1 adjective)
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | rats | rati | rata | ratys, ratas1) |
| genitive | rata | ratu | ratys, ratas1) | ratu |
| dative | ratam | ratim | ratai | ratom |
| accusative | ratu | ratus | ratu | ratys, ratas1) |
| instrumental | ratu | ratim | ratu | ratom |
| locative | ratā | ratūs | ratā | ratuos |
| 1) dialectal | ||||
Definite declension of rats (type 1 adjective)
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | ratais, ratīs | ratī | ratuo | ratuos |
| genitive | ratuo | ratūs | ratuos | ratūs |
| dative | ratajam | ratajim | ratajai | ratajom |
| accusative | ratū | ratūs | ratū | ratuos |
| instrumental | ratū | ratajim | ratū | ratajom |
| locative | ratajā | ratajūs | ratajā | ratajuos |
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
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)
- 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
- (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) | rat | rati |
Synonyms
- ritenis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Volapük
Noun
rats
- nominative plural of rat