fat

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See also fát, făt, fāt, and FAT

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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.

Noun [edit]

fat (plural fats)

  1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
    • 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.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
vat — see vat

Etymology 2 [edit]

A fat cat

From Middle English, 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”), from Proto-Indo-European *poid- (“to abound in water, milk, or fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet (“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur (“fat”).

Adjective [edit]

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
  2. Thick.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  3. Bountiful.
  4. Variant form of phat.
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Derived terms
Translations [edit]
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body
thick
bountiful
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Noun [edit]

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.
Synonyms [edit]
  • (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 terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
specialized animal tissue
refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat
that part of an organization deemed wasteful
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Verb [edit]

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.
Translations [edit]
to make fat; to fatten

Anagrams [edit]

Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Perhaps related to Latin fatum.

Noun [edit]

fat

  1. luck
  2. chance
  3. destiny

Buli (Indonesia) [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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.

Numeral [edit]

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin fātum.

Noun [edit]

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Provençal fat, from Latin fatuus.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

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

  1. conceited

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Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse fat.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

fat n (genitive singular fats, plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

Declension [edit]

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

Kowiai [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Numeral [edit]

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

fat

  1. rafsi of fatne.

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Noun [edit]

fat n (definite singular fatet; indefinite plural fat; definite plural fata/fatene)

  1. plate
  2. vat
  3. barrel

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Germanic *fatą

Noun [edit]

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

Declension [edit]

Declension of fat
Singular Plural
nominative fat fatu
accusative fat fatu
genitive fates fatō
dative fate fatum

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

Declension [edit]

Declension of fat
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fat fatet fat faten
genitive fats fatets fats fatens

Derived terms [edit]

Idioms [edit]

Tboli [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Numeral [edit]

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Volapük [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From German Vater or English father.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

fat (plural fats)

  1. father

Declension [edit]

declension of fat
singular plural
nominative fat fats
genitive fata fatas
dative fate fates
accusative fati fatis
predicative fatu fatus
vocative o fat! o fats!

Derived terms [edit]

Yamdena [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Alternative forms [edit]

Numeral [edit]

fat

  1. (cardinal) four
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