Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratay

/ɹˈæteɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ratay
IPA: /ɹˈæteɪ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

From Polish Rataj, Czech Rataj, Slovak Rataj, Slovene Rataj, Lower Sorbian rataj, Ukrainian ратай (rataj), and cognates in other Slavic languages. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *ortajь.

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: Rataj, ратай, *ortajь

Inflected Forms

Rataj (alternative) Ratai (alternative) Rattai (alternative) Rattaj (alternative) Rattay (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ratay?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈæteɪ/.
What does ratay mean?: A surname
Where does ratay come from?: It is traced to Polish.

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