NATO
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From North Atlantic Treaty Organization
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
NATO
- Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- 1951 October 5, Activities in Europe Concerned with Material Support of NATO and MDAP[1], Office of the Secretary of Defense, page 23:
- On the other hand, one still would have to note that relations between NATO in London and OSR in Paris were still not as closely integrated as might be desired, and that the power of decision, especially on industrial and financial matters, still was not centered in one place in the NATO.
- 1964, Truman, Harry S., MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII[2], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, 0:18 from the start:
- Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.
- 2007, Biden, Joe, Promises to Keep[3], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, LCCN 2007019603, OCLC 1262796254, page 297:
- In the week since I’d seen him in the Oval Office, Bush had done well in Europe.[...]He’d made a strong statement on the expansion of NATO. “I believe in membership,” the president had said, “for all of Europe’s democracies that seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities that NATO brings.” […] The president had even gone out of his way to reassure Putin that he had nothing to fear from the enlargement of NATO, which would not include Russia.
Usage notesEdit
- Although a definite article usually precedes North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as an acronym the article can be either present (the NATO) or absent (NATO), with the latter being much more common.
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DescendantsEdit
- → Arabic: ناتو (nātō)
- → Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭo), নেটো (neṭō)
- → Finnish: Nato, NATO; nato
- → German: NATO, Nato
- → Hebrew: נאט״ו (nat"o)
- → Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)
- → Japanese: NATO
- → Korean: 나토 (nato)
- → Polish: NATO
- → Portuguese: NATO
- → Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)
- → Swedish: Nato, NATO
- → Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)
TranslationsEdit
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From no+action+talk+only, from talking without acting
PhraseEdit
NATO
- (slang, chiefly Malaysia and Singapore) Acronym of No Action Talk Only.
- Synonym: all talk and no action
- 1998 May 30, Kicker, “First on Everest are not Singaporeans - Sure or not?”, in soc.culture.malaysia, Usenet:
- turn it off then. don't nato......pressure your government to do that.:)
- 2003 January 24, ALIEN, “Spying activities at Pedra Branca”, in soc.culture.malaysia, Usenet:
- haiya...i think, hah....our GOV also nowadays becoming NATO! (NATO = No Action Talk Only...!!!)
Etymology 3Edit
From National Association of Theatre Owners
Proper nounEdit
NATO
Further readingEdit
- NATO at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “NATO”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “NATO”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “NATO”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “NATO” (US) / “NATO” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “NATO” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- NATO in Britannica Dictionary
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
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Proper nounEdit
NATO f (proper noun, genitive NATO)
- (with definite article) NATO
- Synonym: Nordatlantikpakt
- NATO-Streitkräfte ― NATO forces
- NATO-Truppen ― NATO troops
DeclensionEdit
Declension of NATO [sg-only, feminine]
Further readingEdit
- NATO on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “NATO” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “NATO” in Duden online
JapaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Orthographic borrowing from English NATO.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
NATO n (indeclinable)
Derived termsEdit
adjectives
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Orthographic borrowing from English NATO.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
NATO f
- Synonym of OTAN
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Orthographic borrowing from English NATO.
Proper nounEdit
NATO
DeclensionEdit
declension of NATO
singular | plural | |
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nominative | NATO | NATOlar / NATO'lar |
accusative | NATO'yu | NATOları / NATO'ları |
dative | NATO'ya | NATOlara / NATO'lara |
locative | NATO'da | NATOlarda / NATO'larda |
ablative | NATO'dan | NATOlardan / NATO'lardan |
genitive | NATO'nun | NATOların / NATO'ların |