raton

raton

1. accusative singular of rato

raton

1. genitive singular of ratto

• Rotan, rotan, toran

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.tɔ̃/

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From rat +‎ -on.

raton m (plural ratons)

1. young rat
2. raccoon

• raton laveur

• → Romanian: raton

The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.

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.

• ratonnade
• ratonner

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

• trôna

raton

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

raton

1. alternative form of ratoun

rātōn

1. genitive/dative singular of rāta
2. dative plural of rāta

• rāta

rātōn

1. accusative singular of rāta
2. nominative/accusative plural of rāta

From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.

raton

1. mouse

Borrowed from French raton.

• IPA^(key): /raˈton/

raton m (plural ratoni)

1. raccoon

   Synonym: ursuleț spălător