blatte

From Latin blatta.

• IPA^(key): /blat/

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blatte f (plural blattes)

1. cockroach

   Synonyms: cafard m; cancrelat m; (Quebec) coquerelle f

• (Antilles, Louisiana) ravet m

• “blatte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

blatte f

1. plural of blatta

Probably from the verb blattra (“to talk nonsense”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈblàtːɛ]

blatte c

1. (often derogatory) A person living in a Nordic country who is typically of Middle Eastern or North African descent.
2. A wannabe gangster or immigrant who is not well integrated.

This term implies not only darkness of skin, but darker hair color and darker eye color. Used as a racial slur against all from non-Nordic and other typically non-Western countries.

The pejorative definition term has been reclaimed by some similar to the word nigger by african americans.

• svenne

• svartskalle (more offensive by default)

• blatte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blatte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• balett, betalt