vat
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English vat, a variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup; casket; division ”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt (“vat, cask, tub”), West Frisian fet, Dutch vat (“barrel, cask, vessel, vat”), German Fass (“barrel, keg, drum, cask, vat”), Danish fad (“saucer, dish”), Swedish fat (“dish, barrel, cask, vat”), Icelandic fat (“dish, saucer”). See fat.
Noun
vat (plural vats)
Translations
Verb
vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)
- (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.
Noun
vat n (plural vaten, diminutive vatje or vaatje)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- wijnvat
- bloedvat
- lymfevat
- zeefvat
- vaataandoening
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch vat. Related to vatten.
Noun
vat m (uncountable)
- grip, both literal and figurative
- geen vat krijgen op ... — not being able to get a grip on ...
Derived terms
Verb
vat
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vatten
- imperative of vatten