phat

See also: phát, phất, phật, Phát, Phật, and phạt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæt/

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Hyphenation: phat
• Homophone: fat

Etymology 1

The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.

Adjective

phat (comparative phatter, superlative phattest) (slang)

1. (originally African-American Vernacular) Excellent; cool; very good.

   Synonyms: cool, excellent, fab; see also Thesaurus:excellent

   • 1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas:

     Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat / But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that!

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52:

     We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.

2. Voluptuous

   Synonyms: foxy, thicc; see also Thesaurus:sexy

3. (music) Rich in texture; prominent.

   Synonyms: prominent, (slang) rocking, juicy

   The song has a phat bass line.

Derived terms

• big phat
• PAWG
• phatness
• phat pants

Translations

slang: excellent

• Dutch: vet (nl)
• French: génial (fr), super (fr)
• German: genial (de), super (de)

slang: sexy

• French: sexy (fr)
• Italian: sexy (it)

in music: rich in texture, prominent

Etymology 2

Noun

phat (uncountable)

1. An English trick-taking partnership card game descended from the game of all fours.

Anagrams

• -path, Ptah, path, path-

Lapuyan Subanun

Lapuyan Subanun numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: phat     Ordinal: hepat     Fractional: pat bad, mepat

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰat/

Numeral

phat

1. four

References

• Phrase Book: Central Subanen, Southern Subanen, Western Subanon, Cebuano, Filipino, English‎^[1], Davao City: Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1992, page 56

Palula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰat/

Adverb

phat (Perso-Arabic spelling پھت)

1. suddenly

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “phat”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *phaːt, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.

Verb

phat

1. (transitive) to chisel

Derived terms

• bi phat
• mnhat
• pnhat

References

• James A. Tharp; Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980), A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎^[3], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 103