nat

See also Nat, nät, and nåt

English

Etymology 1

Wikipedia

From Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.

Etymology 2

Reduced form of naught.

Adverb

nat (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Not. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:

     And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms

Synonyms

• nit, nepit

See also

• bit, nat, qubit

Anagrams

• ANT, Ant, an't, ant, NTA, TAN, Tan, tan

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Catalan

Etymology

from Latin natus

Adjective

nat m (feminine nada, masculine plural nats, feminine plural nades)

1. born

Synonyms

• nascut

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nátt, nótt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nad̥]

Noun

nat c (singular definite natten, plural indefinite nætter)

1. night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Inflection

    Inflection of nat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	nat	natten	nætter	nætterne
genitive	nats	nattens	nætters	nætternes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA: /nɑt/

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch nat, from Old Dutch nat, from Proto-Germanic *nataz.

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

1. wet

Declension

Declension of nat

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		nat	natter
neuter singular	indefinite	nat	natter
	definite	natte	nattere	natste	natst, natste
common singular		natte	nattere	natste	natste
plural		natte	nattere	natste	natste
partitive		nats	natters

Antonyms

• droog

Noun

nat n (uncountable)

1. moisture

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Latin

Verb

nat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of nō

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Rafsi

nat

1. rafsi of natmi.

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Middle English

Etymology

Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing, no creature”), corresponding to nā (“no”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).

Adverb

nat

1. not
   • 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus

     And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus, taking the meaning of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat (“child”), also Provençal nada ("girl").

Noun

nat m (plural nați)

1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual
2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative

Declension

declension of nat

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un nat	natul	niște nați	nații
genitive/dative	unui nat	natului	unor nați	naților

Synonyms

• (person, individual): om, persoană, individ, ins
• (kinsman, relative): rudă, rudenie

Related terms

• naște