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fat

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

EnglishEdit

 FAT on Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
A fat cat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

AdjectiveEdit

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
    • 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.
  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
    • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences
      now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  8. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
      , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected"
      persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
  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. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
    • 1992, DeDe Owens, ‎Linda K. Bunker, Advanced Golf: Steps to Success (page 81)
      Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.
  11. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
    • 1965, Edmund Fuller, A Pageant of the Theatre (page 131)
      He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.
    • 1997, Harold Clurman, On Directing (page 12)
      He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.
    • 2012, Greg Robinson, ‎Larry S. Tajiri, Pacific Citizens (page 9)
      Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie.
  12. Alternative form of phat (Can we add an example for this sense?)
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Sranan Tongo: fatu
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.
    • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 32:
      In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils.
  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.
  8. (informal) A fat person.
    • 1996, Roger Stone, "Local Swing Fever", highlighted by National Enquirer in September 1996 and Daily Mail in January 2019
      Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
  9. A beef cattle fattened for sale.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 7:
      Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.
SynonymsEdit
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DescendantsEdit
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.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English fat, 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), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joel 2:24, column 1:
      And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.
    • 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 fātum.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat m (indefinite plural fate, definite singular fat, definite plural fatet)

  1. luck
  2. chance
    Synonym: shans, rast, mundësi
  3. fate
  4. destiny
  5. spouse

DeclensionEdit

declension of fat
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës) 		singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore) 		fat fate fati fatet
accusative
(kallëzore) 		fat fate fatin fatet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së) 		fati fateve fatit fatevet
dative
(dhanore) 		fati fateve fatit fatevet
ablative
(rrjedhore) 		fati fatesh fatit fatevet

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211

Buli (Indonesia)Edit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

fat

  1. four

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin fātum.

NounEdit

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate, destiny
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin fatuus.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. bland, insipid
    Synonym: insuls
Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChuukeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fat

  1. clear, transparent

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French fat (“conceited; dandy”), from Latin fatuus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat m (plural fatten or fats, diminutive fatje n)

  1. dandy, a man obsessed with his looks
    Synonyms: dandy, pronker, saletjonker

Derived termsEdit

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

HausaEdit

PronunciationEdit

IdeophoneEdit

fat

  1. bright white

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

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

fat

  1. four

LadinEdit

NounEdit

fat m (plural fac)

  1. fact

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. done

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /vat/, /vaːt/

NounEdit

fat (plural fattes or faten)

  1. vessel
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English fǣtt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /fɛt/, /fɛːt/, /vat/, /vɛt/

AdjectiveEdit

fat

  1. fattened, fatted
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse fat, Proto-Germanic *fatą.

NounEdit

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

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

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

fat

  1. imperative of fata and fate

ReferencesEdit

Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *fait. Cognates include Old Saxon *fēt and Old Norse feitr.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat/
  • Hyphenation: fat

NounEdit

fat m

  1. fat

DescendantsEdit

  • Saterland Frisian: Fat

ReferencesEdit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

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 — —


Saterland FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian fatt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Cognates include West Frisian fet and German fett.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fat (inflected fatte, comparative fatter, superlative fatst)

  1. fat
  2. fattened

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “fat”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

SlavomolisanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian fatto.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat m

  1. story
    • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, “Bonifacio en Amérique”:
      Drugi fat ka vami hočam povidat je do jenga čeljada ka sa zovaša Bonifač.
      Another story that I want to tell you is about a person who was called Bonifacio.

DeclensionEdit

    declension of fat (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative fat
 fata
genitive fata
 fati
dative fatu
 fati
accusative fat
 fata
locative fatu
 fata
instrumental fatom, fatam
 fati

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).

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

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

fat

  1. four

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Vater or English father.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fat (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

WolofEdit

VerbEdit

fat

  1. to shelter

ReferencesEdit

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19

YamdenaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

fat

  1. four
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