hat
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /hæt/
Audio (US) (file)
- (Canada, California, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [hat]
Audio (UK RP) (file)
- Rhymes: -æt
A rabbi in a kolpik hat.
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English hat, from Old English hæt (“head-covering, hat”), from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 (xaoda, “hat”), Welsh caddu (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood.
NounEdit
hat (plural hats)
- A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0091:
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- 2009, “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions”[1], performed by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell and J. J. Abrams:
- Denzel walks. Will Smith walks. Mark Wahlberg is wearing a hat!
- (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- (figuratively) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
- (figuratively, by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
- We're both in the hat: let's hope we come up against each other.
- (figuratively, by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
- (video games) A hat switch.
- 2002, Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL, p.139:
- The third type of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats, and balls.
- 2002, Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL, p.139:
- (typography, nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
- 1997 October 6th, “Patricia V. Lehman” (user name), rec.antiques (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Unusual Mark – made in Cechoslovakia”, Message ID: <34390399.BD7@umich.edu>#1/1
- I’lll have to leave it up to antiques experts to tell you when objects were marked that way, but I can tell you it’s called a “hacek” (with the hat over the “c” and pronounced “hacheck”.) It is used to show that a “c” is pronounced as “ch” and an “s” as “sh.” Sometimes linguists just call it the “hat.”
- 1997 October 6th, “Patricia V. Lehman” (user name), rec.antiques (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Unusual Mark – made in Cechoslovakia”, Message ID: <34390399.BD7@umich.edu>#1/1
- (programming, informal) The caret symbol ^.
- (Internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (Cambridge University slang, obsolete) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
- 1830, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, chapter 32, in Paul Clifford:
- I knew intimately all the 'Hats' in the University, and I was henceforth looked up to by the 'Caps,' as if my head had gained the height of every hat that I knew.
SynonymsEdit
- (student and nobleman): gold hatband, tuft
HyponymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:headgear
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from hat (noun)
- at the drop of a hat
- bowler hat
- brick in one's hat
- hand someone his hat
- hang one's hat on
- hard hat
- hatband
- hat hair
- hat in hand
- hat matrix
- hatnote
- hat on a hat
- hat parade
- hatpin
- hatstand
- hatter
- hat trick
- home is where you hang your hat
- Medicine Hat
- old hat
- pass the hat
- put one's name in the hat
- take one's hat off to
- talk through one's hat
- throw one's hat in the ring
- under one's hat
- wear too many hats
- woolly hat
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: ati
TranslationsEdit
a head covering
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See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
hat (third-person singular simple present hats, present participle hatting, simple past and past participle hatted)
- (transitive) To place a hat on.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
- After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
- (transitive) To appoint as cardinal.
- 1929, "Five New Hats," Time, 2 December, 1929, [2]
- It was truly a breathtaking rise. From the quiet school, Pope Pius XI had jumped Father Verdier over the heads of innumerable Bishops, made him Archbishop of Paris. Soon he was to be hatted a Prince of the Church and put in charge of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
- 1929, "Five New Hats," Time, 2 December, 1929, [2]
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
hat
- (Scotland, Northern England or obsolete) simple past tense of hit
- When I axed him why he hat 'im, he said, "I ne know, I ne know, mate."
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hat c (singular definite hatten, plural indefinite hatte)
InflectionEdit
Declension of hat
GermanEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kutte (“six”). Cognates include Finnish kuusi, Mansi хо̄т (hōt), Khanty хәт (xət).
NumeralEdit
hat
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : hat Ordinal : hatodik | ||
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hat | hatok |
| accusative | hatot | hatokat |
| dative | hatnak | hatoknak |
| instrumental | hattal | hatokkal |
| causal-final | hatért | hatokért |
| translative | hattá | hatokká |
| terminative | hatig | hatokig |
| essive-formal | hatként | hatokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hatban | hatokban |
| superessive | haton | hatokon |
| adessive | hatnál | hatoknál |
| illative | hatba | hatokba |
| sublative | hatra | hatokra |
| allative | hathoz | hatokhoz |
| elative | hatból | hatokból |
| delative | hatról | hatokról |
| ablative | hattól | hatoktól |
| Possessive forms of hat | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hatom | hatjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | hatod | hatjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hatja | hatjai |
| 1st person plural | hatunk | hatjaink |
| 2nd person plural | hatotok | hatjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | hatjuk | hatjaik |
Derived termsEdit
Compound words
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
hat
- (intransitive) to take effect, to be effective, to work
- (intransitive) to affect, have influence on
- Synonyms: kihat, érint, befolyásol
- (intransitive) to seem, appear
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of hat
| Infinitive | hatni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | hatott | |||||||
| Present participle | ható | |||||||
| Future participle | - | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | hatva | |||||||
| Potential | hathat | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
| Indicative mood | Present | Indefinite | hatok | hatsz | hat | hatunk | hattok | hatnak |
| Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| Past | Indefinite | hatottam | hatottál | hatott | hatottunk | hatottatok | hatottak | |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | hatnék | hatnál | hatna | hatnánk | hatnátok | hatnának |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | hassak | hass or hassál |
hasson | hassunk | hassatok | hassanak |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conjugated infinitive | hatnom | hatnod | hatnia | hatnunk | hatnotok | hatniuk | ||
Derived termsEdit
(With verbal prefixes):
InterlingueEdit
IrishEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hat
- inflection of hunn:
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural preterite indicative
VerbEdit
hat
- inflection of haen:
MaricopaEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English hæt, hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- A hat or cap; a piece of headgear or headwear.
- A helmet; a hat used as armour.
- (rare) A circlet or tiara; a ring-shaped piece of headgear.
- (rare) A circle of foam or mist.
- (rare) A area of hilly woodland.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hat (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English hete, influenced by haten.
NounEdit
hat
- Alternative form of hate
North FrisianEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.
NounEdit
hat n (definite singular hatet, indefinite plural hat, definite plural hata or hatene)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- hate (verb)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
hat
- imperative of hate
ReferencesEdit
- “hat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Akin to English hate.
NounEdit
hat n (definite singular hatet, indefinite plural hat, definite plural hata)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
hat
- imperative of hate
ReferencesEdit
- “hat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *haitaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hēt (West Frisian hjit), Old Saxon hēt, Dutch heet, Old High German heiz (German heiß), Old Norse heitr (Swedish het). Cognate to Albanian ethe (“shiver, fiever”), dialectal hethe and ith (“warmth, body heat”), dialectal hith.
AdjectiveEdit
hāt
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hat — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hāt | hāt | hāt |
| Accusative | hātne | hāte | hāt |
| Genitive | hātes | hātre | hātes |
| Dative | hātum | hātre | hātum |
| Instrumental | hāte | hātre | hāte |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hāte | hāta, -e | hāt |
| Accusative | hāte | hāta, -e | hāt |
| Genitive | hātra | hātra | hātra |
| Dative | hātum | hātum | hātum |
| Instrumental | hātum | hātum | hātum |
Declension of hat — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hāta | hāte | hāte |
| Accusative | hātan | hātan | hāte |
| Genitive | hātan | hātan | hātan |
| Dative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
| Instrumental | hātan | hātan | hātan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
| Accusative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
| Genitive | hātra, hātena | hātra, hātena | hātra, hātena |
| Dative | hātum | hātum | hātum |
| Instrumental | hātum | hātum | hātum |
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English hātan.
NounEdit
hāt n
- a promise
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hat n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of hat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | hat | hatet | — | — |
| Genitive | hats | hatets | — | — |
Related termsEdit
Tok PisinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
hat
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
hat
- hard
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:19:
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TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).
NounEdit
hat (definite accusative hatı, plural hatlar)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hat | |
| Definite accusative | hatı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | hat | hatlar |
| Definite accusative | hatı | hatları |
| Dative | hata | hatlara |
| Locative | hatta | hatlarda |
| Ablative | hattan | hatlardan |
| Genitive | hatın | hatların |