rattle

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• /ˈɹæ.təl/
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From Middle English ratelen, of uncertain origin; perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch ratelen or of native origin related to Old English hratele, hrætele (“a plant known for its rustling or rattling sound”), ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb.

From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of liter.

304 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ratel — sound
• Bulgarian: тропане (tropane) — sound
• Bulgarian: чукане (čukane) — sound
• Dutch: gerammel — sound
• Dutch: geratel — sound
• Finnish: kolina — sound
• Finnish: kalina — sound
• Finnish: helinä — sound
• French: bruit — sound
• French: cliquetis — sound
• French: crépitement — sound
• Galician: ruxe ruxe — sound
• German: Rasseln — sound
• German: Klappern — sound
• German: Gerassel — sound
• German: Geklapper — sound
• Ancient Greek: κρότος (krótos) — sound
• Hungarian: csörgés — sound
• Hungarian: zörgés — sound
• Irish: gliogar — sound
• Japanese: ガタガタ音 (gatagata-on) — sound
• Latin: crepitus — sound
• Māori: whakararā — sound
• Polish: grzechotanie — sound
• Polish: trajkotanie — sound
• Polish: klekotanie — sound
• Portuguese: chocalhada — sound
• Russian: треск (tresk) — sound
• Russian: гро́хот (gróxot) — sound
• Russian: дребезжа́ние (drebezžánije) — sound
• Russian: стук (stuk) — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: клопо̀тац — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: чегр̀та̄љка — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: зве̏чка — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: кле̏пе̄т — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: кло̏по̄т — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: хро̀пац — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: ропац — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: klopòtac — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: čegr̀tāljka — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: zvȅčka — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: klȅpēt — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: klȍpōt — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: hròpac — sound
• Serbo-Croatian: ropac — sound
• Spanish: matraca — sound
• Swahili: kayamba — sound
• Swedish: rassel — sound
• Vietnamese: lách cách — sound
• Vietnamese: lạch cạch — sound
• Afrikaans: ratel — baby’s toy
• Arabic: خُشْخِيشَة (ḵušḵīša) — baby’s toy
• Arabic: شُخْلِيلَة (šuḵlīla) — baby’s toy
• Armenian: չխկչխկան (čʻxkčʻxkan) — baby’s toy
• Azerbaijani: şaxşax — baby’s toy
• Belarusian: бразготка (brazhótka) — baby’s toy
• Bulgarian: дрънкалка (drǎnkalka) — baby’s toy
• Catalan: sonall — baby’s toy
• Chamicuro: tsekolo — baby’s toy
• Chinese Mandarin: 手搖鈴 /手摇铃 (shǒuyáolíng) — baby’s toy
• Czech: chrastítko — baby’s toy
• Danish: rangle — baby’s toy
• Danish: rasle — baby’s toy
• Dutch: rammelaar — baby’s toy
• Finnish: helistin — baby’s toy
• French: hochet — baby’s toy
• Galician: axóuxere — baby’s toy
• German: Rassel — baby’s toy
• German: Klapper — baby’s toy
• German: Schätterli — baby’s toy
• Greek: κουδουνίστρα (koudounístra) — baby’s toy
• Hebrew: רעשן (raashán) — baby’s toy
• Hindi: झुनझुना (jhunjhunā) — baby’s toy
• Hungarian: csörgő — baby’s toy
• Hungarian: babacsörgő — baby’s toy
• Icelandic: hringla — baby’s toy
• Irish: gligín — baby’s toy
• Italian: sonaglio — baby’s toy
• Japanese: ガラガラ (garagara) — baby’s toy
• Korean: 딸랑이 (ttallang'i) — baby’s toy
• Latin: crepundia — baby’s toy
• Māori: kākara — baby’s toy
• Māori: tātara — baby’s toy
• Māori: rarā — baby’s toy
• Norwegian: skrangle — baby’s toy
• Norwegian: rasle — baby’s toy
• Norwegian: rangle — baby’s toy
• Polish: grzechotka — baby’s toy
• Portuguese: chocalho — baby’s toy
• Russian: погрему́шка (pogremúška) — baby’s toy
• Russian: трещо́тка (treščótka) — baby’s toy
• Serbo-Croatian: зве̏чка — baby’s toy
• Serbo-Croatian: zvȅčka — baby’s toy
• Slovak: hrkálka — baby’s toy
• Spanish: sonajero — baby’s toy
• Spanish: sonaja — baby’s toy
• Spanish: cascabel — baby’s toy
• Swedish: skallra — baby’s toy
• Tagalog: pakalog — baby’s toy
• Ukrainian: бря́зкало (brjázkalo) — baby’s toy
• Ukrainian: бря́зкальце (brjázkalʹce) — baby’s toy
• Bulgarian: кречетало (krečetalo) — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Cheyenne: šé'šeno — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Chinese: lêng — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Dutch: ratel — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Hungarian: kereplő — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Māori: kākara — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Polish: grzechotka — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Polish: kołatka — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Polish: trajkotka — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Polish: klekotka — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Portuguese: chocalho — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Russian: колоту́шка (kolotúška) — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Russian: трещо́тка (treščótka) — a device that makes a rattling noise
• Catalan: sacsejador — musical instrument
• Dutch: ratel — musical instrument
• Finnish: helistin — musical instrument
• Ancient Greek: κρόταλον (krótalon) — musical instrument
• Māori: hue rarā — musical instrument
• Navajo: aghááł — musical instrument
• Polish: grzechotka — musical instrument
• Polish: gruchawka — musical instrument
• Polish: klekotka — musical instrument
• Polish: trajkotka — musical instrument
• Portuguese: chocalho — musical instrument
• Russian: трещо́тка (treščótka) — musical instrument
• Swedish: skallra — musical instrument
• Welsh: cribell — Rhinanthus
• Dutch: geratel — noisy, rapid talk
• Finnish: jäkätys — noisy, rapid talk
• Finnish: läpätys — noisy, rapid talk
• Finnish: räpätys — noisy, rapid talk
• Hungarian: hadarás — noisy, rapid talk
• Hungarian: fecsegés — noisy, rapid talk
• Hungarian: locsogás — noisy, rapid talk
• Hungarian: karattyolás — noisy, rapid talk
• Polish: trajkotanie — noisy, rapid talk
• Polish: paplanie — noisy, rapid talk
• Polish: paplanina — noisy, rapid talk
• Portuguese: balbúrdia — noisy, rapid talk
• Portuguese: vozerio — noisy, rapid talk
• Russian: болтовня́ (boltovnjá) — noisy, rapid talk
• Russian: трескотня́ (treskotnjá) — noisy, rapid talk
• Dutch: ratelaar — noisy, senseless talker
• Finnish: jäkättäjä — noisy, senseless talker
• Finnish: läpättäjä — noisy, senseless talker
• Finnish: räpättäjä — noisy, senseless talker
• Hungarian: fecsegő — noisy, senseless talker
• Hungarian: locsogó — noisy, senseless talker
• Hungarian: hadaró — noisy, senseless talker
• Hungarian: karattyoló — noisy, senseless talker
• Polish: trajkotka — noisy, senseless talker
• Polish: klekotka — noisy, senseless talker
• Portuguese: matraca — noisy, senseless talker
• Portuguese: grafonola — noisy, senseless talker
• Russian: болту́н (boltún) — noisy, senseless talker
• Russian: болту́нья (boltúnʹja) — noisy, senseless talker
• Russian: пустоме́ля (pustomélja) — noisy, senseless talker
• Finnish: tyrmäys — scolding, sharp rebuke
• Latin: increpatio — scolding, sharp rebuke
• Portuguese: bronca — scolding, sharp rebuke
• Portuguese: reprimenda — scolding, sharp rebuke
• Portuguese: repreensão — scolding, sharp rebuke
• Dutch: ratel — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• Finnish: kalistin — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• Polish: grzechotka — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• Portuguese: chocalho — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• Portuguese: guizo — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• Portuguese: cascavel — zoology: organ that produces a rattling sound
• French: râle — sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared
• Māori: ngēngē — sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared
• Polish: charczenie — sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared
• Polish: rzężenie — sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared
• Armenian: չխկչխկալ (čʻxkčʻxkal) — to create a sound by shaking
• Bulgarian: тракам (trakam) — to create a sound by shaking
• Bulgarian: тропам (tropam) — to create a sound by shaking
• Catalan: trepidar — to create a sound by shaking
• Dutch: ratelen — to create a sound by shaking
• Esperanto: kraktintigi — to create a sound by shaking
• Finnish: kolistella — to create a sound by shaking
• Finnish: kalistella — to create a sound by shaking
• Finnish: helistää — to create a sound by shaking
• French: cliqueter — to create a sound by shaking
• Galician: treinar — to create a sound by shaking
• Galician: trenguelear — to create a sound by shaking
• Galician: tremer — to create a sound by shaking
• German: rasseln — to create a sound by shaking
• German: scheppern — to create a sound by shaking
• Hungarian: csörget — to create a sound by shaking
• Hungarian: zörget — to create a sound by shaking
• Ido: resonigar — to create a sound by shaking
• Latin: crepō — to create a sound by shaking
• Māori: tatetate — to create a sound by shaking
• Māori: patatō — to create a sound by shaking
• Polish: grzechotać — to create a sound by shaking
• Portuguese: chocalhar — to create a sound by shaking
• Portuguese: chacoalhar — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: треща́ть (treščátʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: потреща́ть (potreščátʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: тре́снуть (trésnutʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: грохота́ть (groxotátʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: прогрохота́ть (progroxotátʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: греме́ть (gremétʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: прогреме́ть (progremétʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Russian: дребезжа́ть (drebezžátʹ) — to create a sound by shaking
• Spanish: traquetear — to create a sound by shaking
• Spanish: sonajear — to create a sound by shaking
• Swedish: skallra — to create a sound by shaking
• Swedish: rassla — to create a sound by shaking
• Swedish: skramla — to create a sound by shaking
• Vietnamese: rung lách cách — to create a sound by shaking
• Vietnamese: rung lạch cạch — to create a sound by shaking
• Cebuano: ratol — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Dutch: alarmeren — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Dutch: verontrusten — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Finnish: ravistella — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Finnish: säikäyttää — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• French: inquiéter — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: torvar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: trafugar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: estrilar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: desacougar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: esvenxicar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: derranxar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Galician: inquedar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• German: verunsichern — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Portuguese: inquietar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Portuguese: desconcertar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Russian: пугать (pugatʹ) — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Spanish: inquietar — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Swedish: skaka om — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Swedish: skaka — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Swedish: skrämma — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Swedish: göra nervös — to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
• Arabic: قَعْقَعَ (qaʕqaʕa) — to make a rattling noise
• Czech: řinčet — to make a rattling noise
• Dutch: ratelen — to make a rattling noise
• Esperanto: kraktinti — to make a rattling noise
• Finnish: helistä — to make a rattling noise
• Finnish: kalista — to make a rattling noise
• Finnish: kolista — to make a rattling noise
• French: faire s'entrechoquer — to make a rattling noise
• Galician: treinar — to make a rattling noise
• Galician: trenguelear — to make a rattling noise
• Galician: tremer — to make a rattling noise
• Galician: cibrar — to make a rattling noise
• German: rasseln — to make a rattling noise
• Hungarian: csörög — to make a rattling noise
• Hungarian: zörög — to make a rattling noise
• Hungarian: recseg — to make a rattling noise
• Hungarian: ropog — to make a rattling noise
• Hungarian: vacog — to make a rattling noise
• Italian: sferragliare — to make a rattling noise
• Latin: crepō — to make a rattling noise
• Māori: tatetate — to make a rattling noise
• Māori: tatangi — to make a rattling noise
• Māori: rarā — to make a rattling noise
• Māori: pātētē — to make a rattling noise
• Māori: patatō — to make a rattling noise
• Polish: grzechotać — to make a rattling noise
• Portuguese: chocalhar — to make a rattling noise
• Portuguese: chacoalhar — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: треща́ть (treščátʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: потреща́ть (potreščátʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: тре́снуть (trésnutʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: грохота́ть (groxotátʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: прогрохота́ть (progroxotátʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: греме́ть (gremétʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: прогреме́ть (progremétʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Russian: дребезжа́ть (drebezžátʹ) — to make a rattling noise
• Spanish: traquetear — to make a rattling noise
• Spanish: cascabelear — to make a rattling noise
• Spanish: tracatear — to make a rattling noise
• Swedish: skramla — to make a rattling noise
• Swedish: rassla — to make a rattling noise
• French: râler — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Galician: sornear — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Galician: roucar — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Māori: ngēngē — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Occitan: raufelar — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Occitan: rangolar — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Polish: charczeć — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Polish: rzęzić — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• Swedish: rossla — to make a rattling noise in the chest whilst breathing
• French: gronder — to scold; to rail at
• French: houspiller — to scold; to rail at
• French: tancer — to scold; to rail at
• Galician: roñar — to scold; to rail at
• Galician: gorxear — to scold; to rail at
• Galician: refonfonear — to scold; to rail at
• Galician: bufiñar — to scold; to rail at
• Occitan: retopegar — to scold; to rail at
• Occitan: semonsar — to scold; to rail at
• Occitan: ronar — to scold; to rail at
• Dutch: ratelen — to drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering
• Dutch: rammelen — to drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering
• Bulgarian: дрънкам (drǎnkam) — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Dutch: ratelen — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Galician: bourear — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Galician: abrouxar — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Hungarian: hadar — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Hungarian: fecseg — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Hungarian: locsog — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly
• Hungarian: karattyol — to make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly