ratel

Questions about ratel

What does ratel mean?

ratel means "nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia".

How many syllables are in ratel?

ratel has 2 syllables and divides as ra-tel under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ratel?

Close synonyms include honey badger, Mellivora capensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ratel a common word?

ratel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.