fab

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See also: Fab, FAB, and F.A.B.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæb/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From fabulous, by shortening.

Adjective

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

  1. (informal) fabulous (great or spectacular).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

  1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    The chip fab will double its production next year.
Synonyms

Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

  1. To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

fab (nominative plural fabs)

  1. fable

Declension

declension of fab
singular plural
nominative fab fabs
genitive faba fabas
dative fabe fabes
accusative fabi fabis
vocative 1 o fab! o fabs!
predicative 2 fabu fabus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

fab m

  1. Soft mutation of mab.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mab fab unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all (in any sense). Probably borrowed from Chinese 繁 (fán, “luxuriant, lush, numerous”).”

Adjective

fab

  1. weedy, overgrown

Verb

fab

  1. to grow excessively
Derived terms
  • hav fab (“dense grass, overgrown valley”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese 分 (fēn, “division”).”

Noun

fab

  1. a division, a section

Classifier

fab

  1. classifier for sections and divisions

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 方 (fāng, “direction”).

Noun

fab

  1. used in xwm fab (“square, four-sided”)

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered a derivative of Etymology 1 by Jaisser. However, seems more likely to be borrowed from Chinese 煩／烦 (fán, “vexation, annoyance”). Not sure if the "having an allergy-like fit" meaning belongs here, or if it's borrowed from some other Chinese word (like 發／发 (fā, “to launch, break out”), see its usage in 發作／发作 (fāzuò, “to have a fit”)).”

Verb

fab

  1. to be upset, distressed, confused
  2. to be allergic to
    Nws fab tshuaj tuag. ― It died of allergic reaction to medicine.
Derived terms
  • mob fab (“of a fit or coma after eating something that doesn't agree”)
  • siab fab (“upset, confused”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 42.
  1. ^ Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.
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