fab

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fæb/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From fabulous, by shortening.

Adjective

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

(informal) Fabulous (great or spectacular).^[1]

Derived terms

fabby

Etymology 2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
The chip fab will double its production next year.

Synonyms

fabber
(microchips): foundry

Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products. [2]

Derived terms

Related terms

References

^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

Anagrams

AFB, B.F.A., BAF, BFA

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fab/

Noun

fab (nominative plural fabs)

fable

Declension

declension of fab

	singular	plural
nominative	fab	fabs
genitive	faba	fabas
dative	fabe	fabes
accusative	fabi	fabis
vocative ¹	o fab!	o fabs!
predicative ²	fabu	fabus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaːb/

Noun

fab m

Soft mutation of mab.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mab	fab	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa˥/

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all (in any sense). Probably borrowed from Chinese 繁 (fán, “luxuriant, lush, numerous”).”

Adjective

fab

weedy, overgrown

Verb

fab

to grow excessively

Derived terms

hav fab (“dense grass, overgrown valley”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese 分 (fēn, “division”).”

Noun

fab

a division, a section

Classifier

fab

classifier for sections and divisions

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 方 (fāng, “direction”).

Noun

fab

used in xwm fab (“square, four-sided”)

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered a derivative of Etymology 1 by Jaisser.^[1] However, seems more likely to be borrowed from Chinese 煩／烦 (fán, “vexation, annoyance”). Not sure if the "having an allergy-like fit" meaning belongs here, or if it's borrowed from some other Chinese word (like 發／发 (fā, “to launch, break out”), see its usage in 發作／发作 (fāzuò, “to have a fit”)).”

Verb

fab

to be upset, distressed, confused
to be allergic to
Nws fab tshuaj tuag. ― It died of allergic reaction to medicine.

Derived terms

mob fab (“of a fit or coma after eating something that doesn't agree”)
siab fab (“upset, confused”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 42.

^ Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎^[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.

[1] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

[2] Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎^[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.

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