See also: Raton, rat on, and ratón

Esperanto edit

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raton

  1. accusative singular of rato

Finnish edit

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raton

  1. genitive singular of ratto

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.tɔ̃/
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Etymology 1 edit

From rat +‎ -on.

Noun edit

raton m (plural ratons)

  1. young rat
  2. raccoon
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Descendants edit
  • Romanian: raton

Etymology 2 edit

The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.

Noun edit

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.
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Verb edit

raton

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

Middle English edit

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raton (plural ratons)

  1. Alternative form of ratoun

Papiamentu edit

 

Etymology edit

From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.

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raton

  1. mouse

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French raton.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /raˈton/

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raton m (plural ratoni)

  1. raccoon
    Synonym: ursuleț spălător

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