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

Translingual

Symbol

fat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fante.

English

 FAT on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A fat cat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (fatted, fat), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (fatted), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (to make fat), from *fait (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.
    • 1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis
      While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.
    • 2014, Isabel Quintero, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 46:
      Because, really, who would like the fat girl? Sebastian said I was crazy for thinking that.
  2. Thick; large.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  3. Bulbous; rotund.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      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.
  4. Bountiful.
  5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
  6. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  7. Fertile; productive.
    a fat soil; a fat pasture
  8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
    a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job
    • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
      now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: J Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, , published 1727, →OCLC:
      , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected"
      persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
  10. (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
  11. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
    • 1992, DeDe Owens, Linda K. Bunker, Advanced Golf: Steps to Success, page 81:
      Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.
  12. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
    • 1965, Edmund Fuller, A Pageant of the Theatre, page 131:
      He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.
    • 1997, Harold Clurman, On Directing, page 12:
      He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.
    • 2012, Greg Robinson, Larry S. Tajiri, Pacific Citizens, page 9:
      Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie.
  13. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.
  14. (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
    a fat pointer
  15. Alternative form of phat
    • 2011, Joe Shambro, How to Start a Home-based DJ Business, page 19:
      This isn't a place to talk about “hitting the decks” and making “fat beats”—you're not selling to an industry peer.
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Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: fatu
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Noun

fat (usually uncountable, plural fats)

  1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
    Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
    Hyponym: blubber
    1. Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
      Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
  2. (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
    Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.
    • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 32:
      In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils.
  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.
  8. (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
    • 1996, Roger Stone, "Local Swing Fever", highlighted by National Enquirer in September 1996 and Daily Mail in January 2019
      Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
  9. A beef cattle fattened for sale.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 7:
      Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.
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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.
  3. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
    • 2019 April 2, Rick Reilly, How and why President Trump cheats at golf — even when he’s playing against Tiger Woods, archived from the original on 2022-03-29:
      “On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.”
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Etymology 2

From Middle English fat, 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.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Joel 2:24, column 1:
      And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.
    • 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

Borrowed from Latin fātum. Jolk claims a derivation from Gothic fadi-

Pronunciation

Noun

fat m (plural fate, definite fat, definite plural fatet)

  1. luck
  2. chance
    Synonyms: shans, rast, mundësi
  3. fate
  4. destiny
    Synonym: psorë
  5. spouse

Declension

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “fat”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 94

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. four

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin fātum.

Noun

fat m (uncountable)

  1. fate, destiny
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Etymology 2

From Latin fatuus.

Adjective

fat (feminine fada, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fades)

  1. bland, insipid
    Synonym: insuls
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Chuukese

Adjective

fat

  1. clear, transparent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fat (conceited; dandy), from Latin fatuus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fat m (plural fatten or fats, diminutive fatje n)

  1. dandy, a man obsessed with his looks
    Synonyms: dandy, pronker, saletjonker

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French

Etymology

From Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. conceited

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Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

Verb

fat

  1. past participle of

Adjective

fat

  1. done, made
  2. ripe

Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

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Noun

fat m (plural fats)

  1. fact, deed
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Hausa

Pronunciation

Ideophone

fat

  1. bright white

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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. 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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /vat/, /vaːt/

Noun

fat (plural fattes or faten)

  1. vessel
Descendants
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Etymology 2

From Old English fǣtt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat/, /faːt/, /fɛt/, /fɛːt/, /vat/, /vɛt/

Adjective

fat

  1. fattened, fatted
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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fat, Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fat

  1. imperative of fata

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fait. Cognates include Old Saxon *fēt and Old Norse feitr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat/
  • Hyphenation: fat

Noun

fat m

  1. fat

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: Fat

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

Declension


Romagnol

Verb

fat

  1. past participle of fêr (to do)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fatt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Cognates include West Frisian fet and German fett.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fat (masculine fatten, feminine, plural or definite fatte, comparative fatter, superlative fatst)

  1. fat
  2. fattened

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References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “fat”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fatto.

Pronunciation

Noun

fat m

  1. story
    • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, Bonifacio en Amérique:
      Drugi fat ka vami hočam povidat je do jenga čeljada ka sa zovaša Bonifač.
      Another story that I want to tell you is about a person who was called Bonifacio.
    • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:
      È, lisice su semaj furb, kana na tuna fata!
      Ha, foxes are always clever, like in all the stories!

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).

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

fat n

  1. saucer; a small dish
  2. plate, platter (for serving food rather than eating from)
  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

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

fat

  1. sick

Etymology 2

Verb

fat

  1. to ferment
  2. to become

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Tboli

Etymology

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

Numeral

fat

  1. four

Volapük

Etymology

From German Vater or English father.

Pronunciation

Noun

fat (nominative plural fats)

  1. father

Declension

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Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

fat

  1. to shelter

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19

Yamdena

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

fat

  1. four