rotta

rotta (plural rottas)

1. (music) Alternative form of rota

• Ratto, Tatro, ottar, tarot, tator, torat, torta, troat

From Old Norse rotta, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *ratō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to scrape”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹɔʰtːa]

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, plural rottur)

1. rat (Rattus)

Borrowed from Swedish råtta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪ːɑ]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rot‧ta

rotta

1. rat
2. (Internet slang) unemployed person living on welfare

   Antonym: lammas

• ortta, ratot, ratto, rotat, torat

From Old Norse rotta, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *rattō, of uncertain origin but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (“to scrape”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔhta/
• Rhymes: -ɔhta

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, nominative plural rottur)

1. rat
2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone deceitful or scheming

   Synonym: undirförull

From Swedish råtta, possibly via Finnish rotta. Distantly related to Estonian rott.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞tː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞tːɑ]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Hyphenation: rot‧ta

rotta

1. rat
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:

     Rotta i hiiri.

     The rat and the mouse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot.ta/
• Rhymes: -otta
• Hyphenation: rót‧ta

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

rotta f (plural rotte)

1. (military) rout, defeat
2. course, route, lane

• a rotta di collo
• tenere la rotta
• cambiare rotta

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

• ratto, torta, trota

Borrowed from Italian rotta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt.ta/

rotta f (plural rotot)

1. course, route

• rotten

rotta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rotte

rotta f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter or rottor, definite plural rottene or rottone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of rotte
2. definite singular of rotte

rotta (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotta/rott)

1. Alternative form of rotte

rotta

1. plural of rott