Standard Lemma guide

rabat

name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɹəˈbɑːt/
  • UK: /ɹəˈbæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɹɑːˈbɑːt/
  • US: /ɹɑːˈbæt/
  • rhymes with -ɑːt
  • rhymes with -æt
  • /ɹəˈbæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town in the Western Region, Malta

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Former name of Victoria: a town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region, Malta

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A piece of fabric fitted to the collar covering the shirt-front worn by Catholic and Anglican clergy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The clerical linen collar itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To rotate a plane of projection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capital of Morocco

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الرَّبَاط (ar-rabāṭ).

From Maltese rabat (“suburb”), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts, suburb”).

Borrowed from French rabat.

Apparently from French rabattre (“to lower”), which often denotes a folding or swinging motion downwards.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Albanian: Rabati — capital city of Morocco
  • Amharic: ራባት (rabat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Arabic: الرِّبَاط (ar-ribāṭ) — capital city of Morocco
  • Arabic: الرَّبَاط (ar-rabāṭ) — capital city of Morocco
  • Armenian: Ռաբաթ (Ṙabatʻ) — capital city of Morocco
  • Asturian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Azerbaijani: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Belarusian: Раба́т (Rabát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Bengali: রবাত (robat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Bengali: রেবাত (rebat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Bulgarian: Раба́т (Rabát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Burmese: ရာဘတ်မြို့ (rabhatmrui.) — capital city of Morocco
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵕⴱⴰⵟ (aṛbaṭ) — capital city of Morocco
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拉巴特 (laai1 baa1 dak6) — capital city of Morocco
  • Chinese Cantonese: 剌八 (laat6 baat3) — capital city of Morocco
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉巴特 (Lābātè) — capital city of Morocco
  • Czech: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Danish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Esperanto: Rabato — capital city of Morocco
  • Estonian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Farefare: Dabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Finnish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • French: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Georgian: რაბატი (rabaṭi) — capital city of Morocco
  • German: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Greek: Ραμπάτ (Rampát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Gujarati: રબાત (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Hebrew: רַבַּאט (rabát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Hindi: रबात (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Hungarian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Icelandic: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Indonesian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Irish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Italian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Japanese: ラバト (Rabato) — capital city of Morocco
  • Kannada: ರಬತ್ (rabat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Kazakh: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Khmer: រ៉ាបា (raabaa) — capital city of Morocco
  • Korean: 라바트 (Rabateu) — capital city of Morocco
  • Northern Kurdish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Kyrgyz: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Latin: Rabatum — capital city of Morocco
  • Latin: Oppidum Novum — capital city of Morocco
  • Latvian: Rabāta — capital city of Morocco
  • Lithuanian: Rabatas — capital city of Morocco
  • Macedonian: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Malay: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Malayalam: റാബത്ത് (ṟābattŭ) — capital city of Morocco
  • Maltese: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Marathi: रबात (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Mongolian: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Odia: ରବୋଟ (raboṭa) — capital city of Morocco
  • Pashto: رباط (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Persian: رباط (rabât) — capital city of Morocco
  • Polish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Portuguese: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Romanian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Russian: Раба́т (Rabát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Slovak: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Slovene: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Spanish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Swedish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Tajik: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Tajik: Работ (Rabot) — capital city of Morocco
  • Tamil: ரபாத் (rapāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Tatar: Рабат — capital city of Morocco
  • Telugu: రబాత్ (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Thai: ราบัต (raa-bàt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Tibetan: ར་བ་ཐེ (ra ba the) — capital city of Morocco
  • Turkish: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Turkmen: Rabat — capital city of Morocco
  • Ukrainian: Раба́т (Rabát) — capital city of Morocco
  • Urdu: رباط (rabāt) — capital city of Morocco
  • Uyghur: رابات (rabat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Uzbek: Rabot — capital city of Morocco
  • Vietnamese: Ra-bát — capital city of Morocco
  • Yiddish: ראַבאַט (rabat) — capital city of Morocco
  • Maltese: Ir-Rabat — town in Western Region, Malta