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fat

See also: Fat, FAT, fát, fāt, făt, fät, and Fät

Translingual edit

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fat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fante.

English edit

 FAT on Wikipedia

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Etymology 1 edit

 
A fat cat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

Adjective edit

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
    • 1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis
      While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.
    • 2014, Isabel Quintero, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 46:
      Because, really, who would like the fat girl? Sebastian said I was crazy for thinking that.
  2. Thick; large.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  3. Bulbous; rotund.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  4. Bountiful.
  5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
  6. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  7. Fertile; productive.
    • 1974, “Which Way Africa”, performed by Tunji Oyelana:
      Land was fatter, soil was rich, hands were many
    a fat soil; a fat pasture
  8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
    a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job
    • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
      now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected"
      persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
  10. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
    a fat take; a fat page
  11. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
    • 1992, DeDe Owens, Linda K. Bunker, Advanced Golf: Steps to Success, page 81:
      Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.
  12. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
    • 1965, Edmund Fuller, A Pageant of the Theatre, page 131:
      He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.
    • 1997, Harold Clurman, On Directing, page 12:
      He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.
    • 2012, Greg Robinson, Larry S. Tajiri, Pacific Citizens, page 9:
      Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie.
  13. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.
  14. (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
    fat client
    a fat pointer
  15. Alternative form of phat
    • 2011, Joe Shambro, How to Start a Home-based DJ Business, page 19:
      This isn't a place to talk about “hitting the decks” and making “fat beats”—you're not selling to an industry peer.
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Descendants edit
  • Sranan Tongo: fatu
Translations edit
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body
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Noun edit

fat (usually uncountable, plural fats)

  2. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
    Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
    Hyponym: blubber
    2. Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
      Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
  4. (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
    Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.
    • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 32:
      In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils.
  5. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
    We need to trim the fat in this company
  6. (slang) An erection.
    I saw Daniel crack a fat.
  7. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  8. The best or richest productions; the best part.
    to live on the fat of the land
  9. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
  10. (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
    • 1996, Roger Stone, "Local Swing Fever", highlighted by National Enquirer in September 1996 and Daily Mail in January 2019
      Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
  11. A beef cattle fattened for sale.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 7:
      Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.
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Verb edit

fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
    kill the fatted calf
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
  3. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
    • 2019 April 2, Rick Reilly, How and why President Trump cheats at golf — even when he’s playing against Tiger Woods‎[1], archived from the original on 2022-03-29:
      “On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.”
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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English fat, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.

Noun edit

fat (plural fats)

  1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 2:24, column 1:
      And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
      In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
  2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
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Translations edit
vat — see vat

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Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fātum.[1] Jolk claims a derivation from Gothic fadi-[2]

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Noun edit

fat m (plural fate, definite fat, definite plural fatet)

  1. luck
  2. chance
    Synonyms: shans, rast, mundësi
  3. fate
  4. destiny
    Synonym: psorë
  5. spouse

Declension edit

Declension of fat
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative fat fate fati fatet
accusative fatin
dative fati fateve fatit fatevet
ablative fatesh

References edit

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fat”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 94

Buli (Indonesia) edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral edit

fat

  1. four

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin fātum.

Noun edit

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate, destiny
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Etymology 2 edit

From Latin fatuus.

Adjective edit

fat (feminine fada, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fades)

  1. bland, insipid
    Synonym: insuls
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Chuukese edit

Adjective edit

fat

  1. clear, transparent

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French fat (“conceited; dandy”), from Latin fatuus.

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Noun edit

fat m (plural fatten or fats, diminutive fatje n)

  1. dandy, a man obsessed with his looks
    Synonyms: dandy, pronker, saletjonker

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French edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus.

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Adjective edit

fat (feminine fate, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. conceited

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Friulian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin factus.

Verb edit

fat

  1. past participle of fâ

Adjective edit

fat

  1. done, made
  2. ripe

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin factum.

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Noun edit

fat m (plural fats)

  1. fact, deed
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Hausa edit

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Ideophone edit

fat

  1. bright white

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

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Noun edit

fat n (genitive singular fats, nominative plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

Declension edit

declension of fat
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fat fatið föt fötin
accusative fat fatið föt fötin
dative fati fatinu fötum fötunum
genitive fats fatsins fata fatanna

Kowiai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral edit

fat

  1. four

Ladin edit

Noun edit

fat m (plural fac)

  1. fact

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

fat m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. done

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /vat/, /vaːt/

Noun edit

fat (plural fattes or faten)

  1. vessel
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old English fǣtt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /fɛt/, /fɛːt/, /vat/, /vɛt/

Adjective edit

fat

  1. fattened, fatted
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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fat.

Noun edit

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat or fater, definite plural fata or fatene)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse fat, Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun edit

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat, definite plural fata)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

fat

  1. imperative of fata

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Old Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *fait. Cognates include Old Saxon *fēt and Old Norse feitr.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat/
  • Hyphenation: fat

Noun edit

fat m

  1. fat

Descendants edit

  • Saterland Frisian: Fat

References edit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun edit

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

Declension edit

Declension of fat (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative fat fatu
accusative fat fatu
genitive fates fatō
dative fate fatum
instrumental — —


Romagnol edit

Verb edit

fat

  1. past participle of fêr (“to do”)

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian fatt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Cognates include West Frisian fet and German fett.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fat (masculine fatten, feminine, plural or definite fatte, comparative fatter, superlative fatst)

  1. fat
  2. fattened

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References edit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “fat”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slavomolisano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian fatto.

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Noun edit

fat m

  1. story
    • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, Bonifacio en Amérique:
      Drugi fat ka vami hočam povidat je do jenga čeljada ka sa zovaša Bonifač.
      Another story that I want to tell you is about a person who was called Bonifacio.
    • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:
      È, lisice su semaj furb, kana na tuna fata!
      Ha, foxes are always clever, like in all the stories!

Declension edit

    declension of fat (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative fat
 fata
genitive fata
 fati
dative fatu
 fati
accusative fat
 fata
locative fatu
 fata
instrumental fatom, fatam
 fati

References edit

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

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Noun edit

fat n

  1. saucer; a small dish
  2. plate, platter (for serving food rather than eating from)
  3. barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
  4. barrel; a unit of volume, usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

Declension edit

Declension of fat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fat fatet fat faten
Genitive fats fatets fats fatens

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Idioms edit

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Tày edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

fat

  1. sick

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

fat

  1. to ferment
  2. to become

References edit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Tboli edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral edit

fat

  1. four

Volapük edit

Etymology edit

From German Vater or English father.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fat (nominative plural fats)

  1. father

Declension edit

declension of fat
singular plural
nominative fat fats
genitive fata fatas
dative fate fates
accusative fati fatis
vocative 1 o fat! o fats!
predicative 2 fatu fatus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Wolof edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fat

  1. to shelter

References edit

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19

Yamdena edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral edit

fat

  1. four
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