vat

See also VAT, and vát

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /væt/, SAMPA: /v{t/

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology

From Middle English, a variant of fat, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”). Cognate with Old Norse fat (“luggage, pail”) (Danish fad, Icelandic fat), German Fass, Dutch vat, West Frisian fet. More at fat.

Noun

vat (plural vats)

1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

Translations

A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning

Finnish: vati (fi) German: Bottich (de) m., Trog (de) m., Wanne (de) f. Icelandic: ker (is) n. Macedonian: каца (mk) (káca) f. Portuguese: tonel (pt) m.

Russian: чан (ru) m., бак (ru) m. Scottish Gaelic: amar (gd) m., coire (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: kaca (sh), maštel (sh), čabar (sh), bačva (sh) Spanish: cuba (es) f.

Verb

vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)

1. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.

Anagrams

• ATV
• tav
• TVA
• vta

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatan.

Noun

vat n. (plural vaten, diminutive vatje or vaatje)

1. barrel, tank
2. (biology) vessel

Synonyms

• ton

Derived terms

• wijnvat
• bloedvat
• lymfevat
• zeefvat
• vaataandoening

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vat. Related to vatten.

Noun

vat m. (uncountable)

1. grip, both literal and figurative

   geen vat krijgen op ... — not being able to get a grip on ...

Derived terms

• handvat
• vatten

Verb

vat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vatten.
2. imperative of vatten.

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Volapük

Etymology

German Wasser and English/Dutch water.

Noun

vat (plural vats)

1. water

Declension

declension of vat

	singular	plural
nominative	vat	vats
genitive	vata	vatas
dative	vate	vates
accusative	vati	vatis
predicative	vatu	vatus
vocative	o vat!	o vats!