raton
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Noun
raton
- accusative singular of rato
Noun
raton
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Etymology 1
Noun
raton m (plural ratons)
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Descendants
- → Romanian: raton
Etymology 2
The same as etymology 1, influenced by Spanish ratón.
Noun
raton m (plural ratons, feminine ratonne)
- (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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
raton
Noun
raton (plural ratons)
- Alternative form of ratoun
Etymology
From Spanish ratón and Portuguese rato and Kabuverdianu ratu.
Noun
raton
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
raton m (plural ratoni)
- raccoon
- Synonym: ursuleț spălător
Declension
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