geat

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See gate. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiːt/
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Noun

geat (plural geats)

  1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “geat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Verb

geat

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gian

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

geat

  1. past participle of atten

Declension

Inflection of geat
uninflected geat
inflected geatte
positive
predicative/adverbial geat
indefinite m./f. sing. geatte
n. sing. geat
plural geatte
definite geatte
partitive geats

Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

  1. nominative plural of gii

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

Noun

ġeat n

  1. gate

Declension

Declension of geat (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġeat gatu
accusative ġeat gatu
genitive ġeates gata
dative ġeate gatum

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