Phrase guide

rat poison

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Poison used to kill rats and other rodents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raticide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rodenticide, poison

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noun

Meaning 2

A West African shrub (Dichapetalum toxicarium, syn. Chailletia toxicaria), whose seeds are used to destroy rats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մկնասպան (mknaspan) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Belarusian: пацучыная атрута (pacučynaja atruta) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Belarusian: пацучыны яд (pacučyny jad) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Bulgarian: мишеморка (mišemorka) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Catalan: raticida — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 老鼠藥 /老鼠药 (lou5 syu2 joek6) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老鼠藥 /老鼠药 (lǎoshǔyào) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耗子藥 /耗子药 (hàoziyào) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Danish: rottegift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Dutch: rattengif — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Finnish: rotanmyrkky — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • French: raticide — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • French: mort-aux-rats — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • German: Rattengift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Greek: τρωκτικοκτόνο (troktikoktóno) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Hebrew: רַעַל עַכְבָּרִים (rá'al 'achbarím) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Hungarian: patkányméreg — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Hunsrik: Rattegift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Italian: topicida — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Italian: ratticida — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Korean: 쥐약 (jwiyak) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Malay: racun tikus — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Malayalam: എലിവിഷം (eliviṣaṁ) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rottegift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rottegift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Polish: rodentycyd — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Portuguese: veneno para ratos — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Portuguese: raticida — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Romanian: raticid — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Russian: родентици́д (rodenticíd) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Russian: крысиный яд (krysinyj jad) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Spanish: raticida — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Swedish: råttgift — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Tagalog: pamatay-daga — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Thai: ยาเบื่อหนู (yaa-bʉ̀ʉa-nǔu) — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Turkish: sıçan zehiri — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Vietnamese: thuốc diệt chuột — poison for killing rats, etc.
  • Welsh: gwenwyn llygod — poison for killing rats, etc.