fatu

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfatu/,
  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tu

Adjective

fatu m sg (feminine singular fata, neuter singular fato, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fates)

  1. stupid, silly, fool
  2. smug

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fatuus. Doublet of fat, an inherited word.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fatu (feminine fàtua, masculine plural fatus, feminine plural fàtues)

  1. conceited
    Synonym: vanitós

Further reading

Latin

Noun

fātū

  1. ablative singular of fātus

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (I do, make).

Pronunciation

Participle

fatu m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fatas)

  1. past participle of fàghere

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English fat.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fatu

  1. fat, obese

Noun

fatu

  1. fat (lipid matter)

Etymology 2

Noun

fatu

  1. a joke

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

fatu

  1. a haft, handle

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tsou

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

fatu

  1. stone

Tuvaluan

Noun

fatu

  1. stone
  2. (anatomy) heart

Volapük

Noun

fatu

  1. predicative singular of fat