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rabat¹
- /ɹəˈbæt/
Rhymes with -æt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French rabat.
noun rabats
- A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
- A piece of fabric fitted to the collar covering the shirt-front worn by Catholic and Anglican clergy.
- The clerical linen collar itself.
rabat²
- /ɹəˈbæt/
Rhymes with -æt
Where it comes from
Apparently from French rabattre (“to lower”), which often denotes a folding or swinging motion downwards.
verb rabats · rabatting · rabatted
- To rotate a plane of projection. For example, we would tend to say that qa is rabatted (rotated) around the axis qd, but notice that conventional rabatment cannot explain the position of plane topl, since it should be rabatted around the line ix in the corporea, and instead it has been rotated around a vertical line passing through
Rabat³
- /ɹəˈbɑːt/ UK
- /ɹəˈbæt/ UK
- /ɹɑːˈbɑːt/ US
- /ɹɑːˈbæt/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːt, -æt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic الرَّبَاط (ar-rabāṭ).
proper noun
- The capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco.
- The Moroccan government.
Rabat⁴
- /ɹəˈbɑːt/ UK
- /ɹəˈbæt/ UK
- /ɹɑːˈbɑːt/ US
- /ɹɑːˈbæt/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːt, -æt
Where it comes from
From Maltese rabat (“suburb”), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts, suburb”).
proper noun
- A town in the Western Region, Malta
- Former name of Victoria: a town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region, Malta
Translations
Talk about this word "rabat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rabat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rabat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rabat "rabat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rabat.Cite this
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title = {rabat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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