vat

See also VAT, and vát

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)

  1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

Translations

Verb

vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)

  1. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.

Anagrams


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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)

  1. barrel, tank
  2. (biology) vessel
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vat. Related to vatten.

Noun

vat m (uncountable)

  1. grip, both literal and figurative
    geen vat krijgen op ... — not being able to get a grip on ...
Derived terms

Verb

vat

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vatten
  2. imperative of vatten

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Lojban

Rafsi

vat

  1. rafsi of vamtu.

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Volapük

Etymology

German Wasser and English/Dutch water.

Noun

vat (plural vats)

  1. water

Declension

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