vrat

See also: врат and врать

English

Noun

vrat (plural vrats)

1. Alternative form of vrata.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrat]

Noun

vrat

1. genitive plural of vrata

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑt/

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• Homophone: wrat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Verb

vrat

1. singular past indicative of vreten

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vortъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrâːt/

Noun

vrȃt m inan (Cyrillic spelling вра̑т)

1. neck

   Ko je žurio, vrat je slomio. ― He who rushes, breaks his neck. (rhyming proverb)

Declension

Declension of vrat

	singular	plural
nominative	vrȃt	vrȁtovi
genitive	vrata	vratova
dative	vratu	vratovima
accusative	vrat	vratove
vocative	vrate	vratovi
locative	vratu	vratovima
instrumental	vratom	vratovima

Derived terms

• vrȃtnī

Further reading

• “vrat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vortъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋráːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Hyphenation: vrat

Noun

vrȃt m inan

1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)

   Synonyms: šija, šinjek, vratek, šijnjak, kragen, krof

2. (by extension) thinner part between two main parts, or the main part and the opening

   Synonyms: grlo, grljan, vratek

3. (music) neck (extension of stringed instrument)
4. (Tolmin dialect) the grassy part at the end of the field where plows are turned

   Synonym: ozara

5. (Kozje-Bizeljsko dialect, North White Carniolan dialect, rare) throat (front part of the neck)

   Synonyms: grlo, golt, goltanec, goltan, grtanec, krof, gurkelj

6. (chiefly Istrian, Čičarija and Inner Carniolan dialects) nape

   Synonyms: tilnik, zatilek, zatilnik, tilek, tilec, potilec, zatilec, zatilnjak, šija, šijnik, šijnjak, tulec, šišek, šivnik, znak, kita, kopa, kragen

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	vrȃt
gen. sing.	vratȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	vratȗ	vratóv	vratóv
dative dajȃlnik	vrȃtu, vrȃti	vratȏvoma, vratȏvama	vratȏvom, vrȃtȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	vrȃtu, vrȃti	vratȏvih	vratȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	vrȃtom	vratȏvoma, vratȏvama	vratȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏvi

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	vrȃt
gen. sing.	vrȃta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	vrȃta	vratóv	vratóv
dative dajȃlnik	vrȃtu, vrȃti	vratȏvoma, vratȏvama	vratȏvom, vrȃtȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	vrȃtu, vrȃti	vratȏvih	vratȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	vrȃtom	vratȏvoma, vratȏvama	vratȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	vrȃt	vratȏva	vratȏvi

Derived terms

• čutiti srce pod vratom
• čutiti srce v vratu
• debelovrȃtən
• do vratu
• iztegovati vrat
• koreninski vrat
• na vrat na nos
• nastaviti nož na vrat
• obesiti na vrat
• ovrȃtən
• ovrȃtnica
• ovrȃtnik
• prišiti na vrat
• sedeti na vratu
• sedeti za vratom
• skočiti za vrat
• stopiti na vrat
• strah koga stiska za vrat
• trdovrȃtən
• ukloniti vrat
• upogniti vrat
• vrat maternice
• vrat note
• vrat pestiča
• vrat stegnenice
• vrat zoba
• vrȃtək
• vratína
• vratovína
• vzvrȃtən
• zaviti vrat

• odvraten is not derived from vrat, but from vračati

Etymology 2

See vrata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋràːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Hyphenation: vrat

Noun

vrát

1. genitive dual/plural of vráta

See also

• grlo (“larynx”)
• žrelo (“esophagus”)

Further reading

• “vrat”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “vrat”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references