rata
noun
rata is a noun meaning “Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-T-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rata is ratas.
What does rata mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.
- 2
The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros.
- 3
yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis), a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rata?
Rata has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rata
- ratas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rata?
Rata appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rata come from?
] From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).