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rață

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rață¹

  • /ˈra.t͡sə/

Rhymes with -at͡sə

Where it comes from

Definite 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.

noun rațe · equivalent rățoi · rață · rața · rațele

  1. feminine duck
  2. feminine female duck
  3. feminine, slang urinal (the portable glass one offered in hospitals, due to its shape)
  4. feminine a folk dance
  5. feminine the music which accompanies the folk dance of the same name.

Rață²

Where it comes from

From rață.

proper noun lui Rață

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • duck aquatic bird of the family Anatidae

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"rață." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/ra%C8%9B%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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rață. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ra%C8%9B%C4%83

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"rață." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ra%C8%9B%C4%83.

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@misc{rat_a_2026,
  title = {rață},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ra%C8%9B%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}