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fab

See also: Fab, FAB, and F.A.B.

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fæb/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1 edit

From fabulous, by shortening.

Adjective edit

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

  1. (informal) fabulous (great or spectacular). [1]
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Noun edit

fab (plural fabs)

  1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    The chip fab will double its production next year.
Synonyms edit

Verb edit

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

  1. To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products. [2]

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

Anagrams edit

Volapük edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fab (nominative plural fabs)

  1. fable

Declension edit

declension of fab
singular plural
nominative fab fabs
genitive faba fabas
dative fabe fabes
accusative fabi fabis
vocative 1 o fab! o fabs!
predicative 2 fabu fabus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fab m

  1. Soft mutation of mab.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mab fab unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all (in any sense). Probably borrowed from Chinese 繁 (fán, “luxuriant, lush, numerous”).”

Adjective edit

fab

  1. weedy, overgrown

Verb edit

fab

  1. to grow excessively
Derived terms edit
  • hav fab (“dense grass, overgrown valley”)

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese 分 (fēn, “division”).”

Noun edit

fab

  1. a division, a section

Classifier edit

fab

  1. classifier for sections and divisions

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Chinese 方 (fāng, “direction”).

Noun edit

fab

  1. used in xwm fab (“square, four-sided”)

Etymology 4 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered a derivative of Etymology 1 by Jaisser.[1] However, seems more likely to be borrowed from Chinese 煩／烦 (fán, “vexation, annoyance”). Not sure if the "having an allergy-like fit" meaning belongs here, or if it's borrowed from some other Chinese word (like 發／发 (fā, “to launch, break out”), see its usage in 發作／发作 (fāzuò, “to have a fit”)).”

Verb edit

fab

  1. to be upset, distressed, confused
  2. to be allergic to
    Nws fab tshuaj tuag. ― It died of allergic reaction to medicine.
Derived terms edit
  • mob fab (“of a fit or coma after eating something that doesn't agree”)
  • siab fab (“upset, confused”)

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 42.
  1. ^ Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.
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