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rata.

route, path, road

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈrɑtɑ/[ˈrɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  1. route, path, road

    literary
  2. railroad track, track

  3. track, lane, course, ground, range, sheet

    luistelurata
    uimarata
  4. trajectory, course (path of a body as it travels through space)

  5. orbit (path of one object around another)

  6. course (sequence of events)

    figuratively
    Kaikki menee normaalia rataansa.
  7. nightlife

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *rata (compare Estonian rada, Ingrian rata (“The Milky Way”), Karelian rata (“The Milky Way”), Livonian radā), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tradō (compare Dutch tra (“trail, (forest) path”)).

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