nat

See also: Nat, NAT, nät, nǟt, Nät, nåt, and Nat.

English

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.

Etymology 2

Reduced form of naught.

Adverb

nat (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not. [14th-17th c.]
    • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:
      And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms
Synonyms
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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nat (feminine nada, masculine plural nats, feminine plural nades)

  1. born

Synonyms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nat, from Old Norse nátt, nótt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nad̥/

Noun

nat c (singular definite natten, plural indefinite nætter)

  1. night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nat, from Old Dutch nat, from Proto-Germanic *nataz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑt
  • IPA(key): /nɑt/
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Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

  1. wet

Inflection

Inflection of nat
uninflected nat
inflected natte
comparative natter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nat natter het natst
het natste
indefinite m./f. sing. natte nattere natste
n. sing. nat natter natste
plural natte nattere natste
definite natte nattere natste
partitive nats natters —

Antonyms

Noun

nat n (uncountable)

  1. moisture

Latin

Verb

nat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of nō

Maia

Noun

nat

  1. rain

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing, no creature”), corresponding to nā (“no”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).

Adverb

nat

  1. not
    • 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus
      And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Noun

nāt f

  1. night

Declension

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus, taking the meaning of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat (“child”), also Provençal nada ("girl").

Noun

nat m (plural nați)

  1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual
  2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative

Declension

Synonyms

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nätʰ/

Adjective

nat

  1. deep
    ti nat uk'ume - the deep stream

(Verbs)

  • natij

(Adjectives)

  • natik

(Adjectives & Nouns)

  • natil

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