rață

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rata"

Romanian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.t͡sə/
• Rhymes: -at͡sə
• Hyphenation: ra‧ță

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

rață f (plural rațe, masculine equivalent rățoi)

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

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rață	rața		rațe	rațele
genitive-dative	rațe	raței		rațe	rațelor
vocative	rață, rațo			rațelor

Derived terms

• rățoi
• rățușcă