# ratel
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans ratel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹeɪtəl/, /ˈɹɑːtəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

ratel (plural ratels)
* Synonym of honey badger

#### Descendants

* → Italian: ratelo

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Alert, alert, alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, taler, telar

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

A shortening of Dutch rateldas, formed (in South Africa) from (dialectal) ratel (“honeycomb”) + das (“badger”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ratel (plural ratels)
* honey badger
* badger
    Synonym: das

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: ratel
* → English: ratel
** → Italian: ratelo

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans ratel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəˈtɛl]
* IPA: (Valencia) [raˈtɛl]

### Noun

ratel m (plural ratels)
* honey badger

### Further reading

* “ratel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraː.təl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ra‧tel
* Rhymes: -aːtəl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ratele.

#### Noun

ratel f or m (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)
* (music) ratchet, rattle
* ratchet (tool or mechanism)
* socket wrench
* rattle (organ for making noise, such as a rattlesnake's)

##### Related terms

* ratelaar
* ratelen

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: ratel (dated)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ratele, a compound of râte (“honeycomb”) and -ele. The suffix is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix), and râte (now raat) is ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”), which is probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-.

#### Noun

ratel f (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)
* (Belgium) honeycomb
** 1895, De Mandelbie, volume 1, number 6, page 86:Zij zullen meêdoogenloos uitgeplunterd worden ; zelfs de ratels zullen hunne vraatzucht niet ontgaan, zooals gij verder zult zien.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1971, Vlaams Imkersblad, page 227:Honig diende tot voeding en werd als offer in de godsdienstige plechtigheden aangeboden. De oude Kelten, over drie duizend jaren, boden de landelijke godheden een ratel (raat) zeem aan om de zegening der veldvruchten te bekomen.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (uncommon, chiefly South Africa) ratel [from 18th c.]
    Synonym: honingdas

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ratel
* inflection of ratelen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* alert, later

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈtɛw/ [haˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈtɛw/ [haˈtɛʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁaˈtɛw/ [χaˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈtɛl/ [ʁɐˈtɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈtɛl/ [ʁɐˈtɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈtɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: ra‧tel

### Noun

ratel m (plural ratéis)
* honey badger (Mellivora capensis, a mustelid of Africa, Arabia and India)

### Further reading

* “ratel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “ratel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈtel/ [raˈt̪el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: ra‧tel

### Noun

ratel m (plural rateles)
* honey badger
    Synonym: tejón de miel