fat

See also: Fat, FAT, fát, fāt, făt, fät, and Fät

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: făt, IPA(key): /fæt/
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  • Rhymes: -æt
  • Homophone: phat

Etymology 1

A fat cat

From Middle English fat, 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 *poi- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Saterland Frisian fat (“fat”), Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet (“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur (“fat”).

Adjective

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
  2. Thick.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  3. Bountiful.
  4. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
  5. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  6. Fertile; productive.
    a fat soil;  a fat pasture
  7. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
    a fat benefice;  a fat office;  a fat job
    • Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
      now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  8. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
    • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
      persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures
  9. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
    a fat take;  a fat page
  10. Alternative form of phat
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body
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Noun

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
  • (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
Translations
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Verb

fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

fat (plural fats)

  1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
    • And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
    • 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.
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Albanian

Etymology

Perhaps related to Latin fatum.

Noun

fat m

  1. luck
  2. chance
  3. destiny

Buli (Indonesia)

Etymology

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

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fātum.

Noun

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate

Chuukese

Adjective

fat

  1. clear, transparent

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

fat (m)

  1. dandy, a man obsessed with his looks

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa/

Adjective

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

  1. conceited

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

Verb

fat

  1. past participle of fâ

Adjective

fat

  1. done, made
  2. ripe

Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

Noun

fat m (plural fats)

  1. fact, deed

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

fat n (genitive singular fats, nominative plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

Declension

Kowiai

Etymology

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

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Ladin

Noun

fat m (plural fac)

  1. fact

Derived terms

Adjective

fat m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. done

Molise Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fatto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fât/

Noun

fat m

  1. story

Declension

References

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fat

Noun

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat or fater, definite plural fata or fatene)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fat

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑːt/

Noun

fat n (definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat, definite plural fata)

  1. plate, dish
  2. barrel, drum, cask

Derived terms

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Declension of fat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fat fatet fat faten
Genitive fats fatets fats fatens

Derived terms

  • (saucer): tefat
  • (serving dish): serveringsfat, kakfat
  • (barrel; container): fatöl

Idioms

  • ha någons huvud på ett fat ― have someone's head on a platter
  • det ligger någon i fatet ― it's in someone's plate
    (about something that is, or is by others perceived as, an obstacle (physical or mental) to someone)

Tboli

Etymology

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

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Volapük

Etymology

From German Vater or English father.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat/

Noun

fat (plural fats)

  1. father

Declension

Derived terms

Yamdena

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four
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