rață
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rata"
Romanian
editEtymology
editDefinite origin uncertain. Possibly a substrate word, akin to Albanian rosë (< *ratsa?), or from South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian and Slovene raca, Serbian dialect race, Bulgarian ряца (rjaca)); compare also Friulian raze, Occitan rit, Hungarian réce, Romani ratsoy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrață f (plural rațe, masculine equivalent rățoi)
- duck
- female duck
- (slang) urinal (the portable glass one offered in hospitals, due to its shape)
- a folk dance
- the music which accompanies the folk dance of the same name.
Declension
editDeclension of rață
Derived terms
editCategories:
- Romanian terms with unknown etymologies
- Romanian terms derived from substrate languages
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Romanian/at͡sə
- Rhymes:Romanian/at͡sə/2 syllables
- Romanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- Romanian slang
- ro:Dances
- ro:Female animals
- ro:Poultry