blatte
See also: Blatte
French
Etymology
From Latin blatta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blat/
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Noun
blatte f (plural blattes)
- cockroach
- Synonyms: cafard m; cancrelat m; (Quebec) coquerelle f
Synonyms
- (Antilles, Louisiana) ravet m
Further reading
- “blatte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
blatte f
- plural of blatta
Swedish
Etymology
Probably from the verb blattra (“to talk nonsense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈblàtːɛ]
Noun
blatte c
- (often derogatory) A person living in a Nordic country who is typically of Middle Eastern or North African descent.
- A wannabe gangster or immigrant who is not well integrated.
Usage notes
This term implies not only darkness of skin, but darker hair color and darker eye color. Used as a racial slur against all from non-Nordic and other typically non-Western countries.
The pejorative definition term has been reclaimed by some similar to the word nigger by african americans.
Declension
| Declension of blatte | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | blatte | blatten | blattar | blattarna |
| Genitive | blattes | blattens | blattars | blattarnas |
Antonyms
- svenne
See also
- svartskalle (more offensive by default)
References
- blatte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- blatte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- balett, betalt