Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rta

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: rta
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of radio and television arts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of road traffic accident.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of real-time attack.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of renal tubular acidosis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of real-time adjudication.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Roads & Traffic Authority.

Australian usage

name

Initialism of Regional Transit Authority.

name

Initialism of Radio Television Afghanistan.

Example Sentences

"There had been several RTAs that night, but the gore did not bother her, she wasn’t one to panic at the sight of a jutting bone or dislodged eye."

Etymology

Unadapted learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; rule; truth”). Doublet of asha.

Usage

Inflected Forms

RTAs (plural) ṛta (alternative) rita (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

DMV MOT

Questions

What does rta mean?: Initialism of radio and television arts.
Where does rta come from?: Unadapted learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; rule; truth”). Doublet of asha.

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