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fat

See also: Fat, FAT, fát, fāt, făt, fät, and Fät

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EnglishEdit

 FAT on Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: făt, IPA(key): /fæt/
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  • Rhymes: -æt
  • Homophone: phat

Etymology 1Edit

 
A fat cat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijaną (“to make fat”), from *faitaz (“fat”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Saterland Frisian fat (“fat”), Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet (“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur (“fat”).

AdjectiveEdit

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
    • 1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis
      While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.
    • 2014, Isabel Quintero, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, Cinco Puntos Press (→ISBN), page 46:
      Because, really, who would like the fat girl? Sebastian said I was crazy for thinking that.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
  2. Thick.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  3. Bountiful.
  4. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
  5. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  6. Fertile; productive.
    a fat soil;  a fat pasture
  7. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
    a fat benefice;  a fat office;  a fat job
  8. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  9. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
    a fat take;  a fat page
  10. Alternative form of phat
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body
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NounEdit

fat (usually uncountable, plural fats)

  1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
  2. (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
  3. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
    We need to trim the fat in this company
  4. (slang) An erection.
    I saw Daniel crack a fat.
  5. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  6. The best or richest productions; the best part.
    to live on the fat of the land
  7. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
SynonymsEdit
  • (animal tissue): adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat)
  • (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat): grease, lard
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit

fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
    kill the fatted calf
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
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Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.

NounEdit

fat (plural fats)

  1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joel 2:24:
      And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
      In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
  2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
vat — see vat

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin fatum.

NounEdit

fat m

  1. luck
  2. chance
  3. destiny

Buli (Indonesia)Edit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin fātum.

NounEdit

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate, destiny
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Etymology 2Edit

From Latin fatuus.

AdjectiveEdit

fat (feminine fada, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fades)

  1. bland, insipid
    Synonym: insuls
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Further readingEdit

ChuukeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fat

  1. clear, transparent

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat (m)

  1. dandy, a man obsessed with his looks

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fat (feminine singular fate, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. conceited

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin factus.

VerbEdit

fat

  1. past participle of fâ

AdjectiveEdit

fat

  1. done, made
  2. ripe

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin factum.

NounEdit

fat m (plural fats)

  1. fact, deed

Related termsEdit

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat n (genitive singular fats, nominative plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

DeclensionEdit

declension of fat
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fat fatið föt fötin
accusative fat fatið föt fötin
dative fati fatinu fötum fötunum
genitive fats fatsins fata fatanna

KowiaiEdit

LadinEdit

NounEdit

fat m (plural fac)

  1. fact

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fat m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. done

Molise CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian fatto.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat m

  1. story

DeclensionEdit

    declension of fat
singular plural
nominative fat fata
genitive fata fati, fat
dative fatu fati, fatami
accusative fat, fata fata
locative fatu fata
instrumental fatom, fatam fati, fatami

ReferencesEdit

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fat

NounEdit

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat or fater, definite plural fata or fatene)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fat

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat, definite plural fata)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *fatą.

NounEdit

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fat (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative fat fatu
accusative fat fatu
genitive fates fatō
dative fate fatum
instrumental — —


SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat n

  1. saucer; a small dish
  2. plate (serving dish)
  3. barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
  4. barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fat fatet fat faten
Genitive fats fatets fats fatens

Derived termsEdit

IdiomsEdit

TboliEdit

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Vater or English father.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat (plural fats)

  1. father

DeclensionEdit

declension of fat
singular plural
nominative fat fats
genitive fata fatas
dative fate fates
accusative fati fatis
vocative 1 o fat! o fats!
predicative 2 fatu fatus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

YamdenaEdit

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