ratoun

Middle English

Noun

ratoun

Alternative form of raton

Old French

Noun

ratoun m (oblique plural ratouns, nominative singular ratouns, nominative plural ratoun)

rat or baby rat

Usage notes

The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the meaning as 'rat' (with one citation) while the Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle lists the meaning as 'baby rat' (also with one citation). See references below.

Descendants

→ Middle English: raton, ratoun, ratun
- English: ratton (dialectal)
- Scots: ratton
French: raton

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (raton, supplement)

ratoun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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