woestijnrat
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋusˈtɛi̯nˌrɑt/
noun
Definitions
- gerbil, any member of the Gerbillinae.
- (historical) desert rat, soldier under British command in North Africa during WWII
- desert survivalist, somebody who's at home in the desert
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish woestijn (desert) + Dutch, Flemish rat (rat).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
rat
Gloss
rat
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beverrat Dutch, Flemish
- bisamrat Dutch, Flemish
- buidelrat Dutch, Flemish
- ijswoestijn Dutch, Flemish
- landrot Dutch, Flemish
- muskusrat Dutch, Flemish
- rat Dutch, Flemish
- rattengif Dutch, Flemish
- rattenvergif Dutch, Flemish
- rotswoestijn Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwwoestijn Dutch, Flemish
- woestijn Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnbron Dutch, Flemish
- woestijngebergte Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnlynx Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnvijg Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnvos Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnzand Dutch, Flemish
- zandwoestijn Dutch, Flemish
- rato Portuguese
- ratte Middle Dutch
- woestine Middle Dutch
- woestyn Afrikaans