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Translingual
Symbol
hat
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haitian Creole .
English
a child wearing a hat
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English hat , from Old English hætt , from Proto-Germanic *hattuz ( “ hat ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- ( “ to guard, cover, care for, protect ” ) . Cognate with North Frisian hat ( “ hat ” ) , Danish hat ( “ hat ” ) , Swedish hatt ( “ hat ” ) , Icelandic hattur ( “ hat ” ) , Latin cassis ( “ helmet ” ) , Lithuanian kudas ( “ bird's crest or tuft ” ) , Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 ( xaoda , “ hat ” ) , Persian خود ( xud , “ helmet ” ) , Welsh cadw ( “ to provide for, ensure ” ) . Compare also hood .
Noun
hat (plural hats )
A covering for the head , often in the approximate form of a cone , dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration .
1913 , Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes , chapter II, in The Lodger , London: Methuen , →OCLC ; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened , New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co. , , , →OCLC , page 0091 :There was a neat hat -and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
( figuratively ) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
1993 , Susan Loesser, A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life: A Portrait by His Daughter , Hal Leonard Corporation, published 2000 , →ISBN , page 121 :My mother was wearing several hats in the early fifties: hostess, scout, wife, and mother.
( figuratively ) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery .
( figuratively , by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
We're both in the hat : let's hope we come up against each other.
( video games ) A hat switch .
2002 , Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL , page 139 :The third type of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats , and balls.
( typography , nonstandard , rare ) The háček symbol.
( programming , informal ) The caret symbol ^ .
( Internet slang ) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
( Cambridge University slang , obsolete ) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard ).
1830 , Edward Bulwer-Lytton , chapter 32, in Paul Clifford :I knew intimately all the 'Hats' in the University, and I was henceforth looked up to by the 'Caps,' as if my head had gained the height of every hat that I knew.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
a head covering
Afrikaans: hoed (af)
Akan: ɛkyɛw , kyɛw
Albanian: kapelë (sq) f
Alutiiq: slaapaq
Amharic: ቆብ ( ḳob )
Apache:
Western Apache: chʼah
Arabic: قُبَّعَة f ( qubbaʕa ) , بُرْنَيْطَة ( burnayṭa ) , بِرْنِيطَة f ( birnīṭa )
Hijazi Arabic: قُبَّعة f ( gubbaʕa , qubbaʕa )
South Levantine Arabic: طاقيّة f ( ṭāʔiyye )
Armenian: գլխարկ (hy) ( glxark )
Aromanian: capelã f , cãciulã f
Assamese: টুপী ( tupi )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܼܣܝܼܬܵܐ f ( kusita )
Asturian: gorru m
Avar: тӏагъур ( tʼağur )
Azerbaijani: papaq (az) , şlyapa (az) , başlıq (az) , şapka (az) , qalpaq (az)
Bashkir: эшләпә ( eşləpə )
Basque: kapela
Belarusian: капялю́ш m ( kapjaljúš ) , ша́пка f ( šápka )
Bengali: টুপি (bn) ( ṭupi )
Brunei Malay: tupi
Bulgarian: ша́пка (bg) f ( šápka )
Burmese: ဦးထုပ် (my) ( u:htup )
Carpathian Rusyn: колоп m ( kolop )
Catalan: barret (ca) m , capell (ca) m
Cebuano: kalo
Chamicuro: sompelelo
Chechen: куй ( kuj ) , куоьртахтуьлум ( kwörtaxtülum )
Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᏇᏔᏬᎩ ( alisquetawogi )
Chickasaw: yaalhipa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 帽 (yue) ( mou6 , mou6-2 )
Dungan: мозы ( mozɨ )
Eastern Min: 帽 ( mô̤ )
Gan: 帽子 ( mau5 zi )
Hakka: 帽仔 ( mo-é )
Hokkien: 帽仔 (zh-min-nan) ( bō-á )
Jin: 帽子 ( mau3 zeh )
Mandarin: 帽子 (zh) ( màozi )
Northern Min: 帽 ( māu )
Wu: 帽子 ( 6 mau-tsy)
Chinook Jargon: siyapuɬ
Chuvash: шлепке ( šlepke )
Cornish: hatt m
Czech: klobouk (cs) m
Danish: hat (da) c
Dhivehi: ތޮފި ( tofi )
Dinka: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: hoed (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཞྭམོ། ( zhwamo )
Elfdalian: att m
Erzya: вазь ( vaź )
Esperanto: ĉapelo
Estonian: müts (et)
Evenki: авун ( awun )
Farefare: zuvõka class 3 /4
Faroese: hattur m
Finnish: hattu (fi)
Franco-Provençal: chapél m
French: chapeau (fr) m , couvre-chef (fr) m ( generic, formal, "headgear" )
Friulian: cjapiel m
Galician: chapeu (gl) m , sombreiro (gl) m , pucho (gl) m
Gallo: chapai m
Georgian: ქუდი (ka) ( kudi )
German: ( general ) Kopfbedeckung (de) f ; ( with peak ) Kappe (de) f ; ( without peak, firm fabric ) Hut (de) m ; ( without peak, soft fabric ) Mütze (de) f
Alemannic German: Huet m
Greek: καπέλο (el) n ( kapélo ) , πίλος (el) m ( pílos )
Ancient: πῖλος m ( pîlos ) ( with no brim ) , πέτασος m or f ( pétasos ) ( wide-brimmed )
Greenlandic: nasaq , qaannguusaq
Gujarati: ટોપી ( ṭopī )
Haitian Creole: chapo
Hebrew: כּוֹבַע (he) m ( kóva )
Higaonon: kalo
Hindi: टोपी (hi) f ( ṭopī ) , टोप (hi) m ( ṭop )
Hungarian: kalap (hu) , sapka (hu) , fejfedő (hu)
Icelandic: hattur (is) m , höfuðfat (is) n ( archaic )
Ido: chapelo (io)
Indonesian: topi (id)
Ingrian: šlääppi , hattu
Irish: hata (ga) m
Italian: cappello (it) m
Japanese: 帽子 (ja) ( ぼうし, bōshi )
Kabuverdianu: txapéu
Kannada: ಟೋಪಿ (kn) ( ṭōpi )
Kazakh: бас киім ( bas kiım ) , бөрік ( börık ) , қалпақ ( qalpaq )
Khmer: មួក (km) ( muək )
Korean: 모자(帽子) (ko) ( moja )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کِڵاو ( killaw )
Laki: کِڵاو (ku) ( killaw )
Northern Kurdish: kûm , kulik (ku) , kulav (ku) m
Southern Kurdish: کِڵاو (ku) ( killaw )
Kyrgyz: шляпа (ky) ( şlyapa ) , калпак (ky) ( kalpak ) , шапке (ky) ( şapke ) , баш кийим ( baş kiyim ) , бөрк (ky) ( börk )
Lao: ໝວກ ( mūak )
Latin: pileus m , petasus m , causia f , mitella f ( only for females ) , ( Medieval ) capellus m
Latvian: cepure (lv) f , platmale f , mice f ( colloquialism )
Lithuanian: skrybėlė f , kepurė f
Luxembourgish: Hutt
Macedonian: ка́па f ( kápa ) , ша́пка f ( šápka )
Malay: topi (ms)
Jawi: توڤي
Malayalam: തൊപ്പി (ml) ( toppi )
Maltese: kappell
Manchu: ᠮᠠᡥᠠᠯᠠ ( mahala )
Manx: edd m
Maori: pōtae
Marathi: टोपी f ( ṭopī ) , टोप m ( ṭop )
Maricopa: kpur
Mbyá Guaraní: xapeo
Mirandese: chapéu
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: малгай (mn) ( malgaj )
Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ ( malaɣai )
Nanai: апон ( apon )
Navajo: chʼah
Neapolitan: cappiello m
Ngarrindjeri: kurlinyeri
Ngazidja Comorian: gora class 5 /6
Norman: chapé m ( Jersey, Guernsey ) , capé m ( continental Normandy ) , chape m ( Sark )
North Frisian: ( Mooring ) hödj m ; ( Föhr-Amrum ) hud m
Northwestern Ojibwa: wiiwakwaan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hatt (no) m , lue (no) m or f
Nynorsk: hatt m
Occitan: capèl (oc) m
Odia: ଟୋପୀ ( ṭopi )
Ojibwe: wiiwakwaan
Old East Slavic: шляпа f ( šljapa ) ( men's headgear ) , колпакъ m ( kolpakŭ )
Old English: hætt m
Old Tupi: akangaóba
Osage: óoląke
Ossetian: худ ( xud )
Ottoman Turkish: شاپقه ( şapka )
Pashto: ټوپۍ m ( ṭopᶕy ) , خولۍ (ps) f ( xwalᶕy ) , پټاخه f ( paṭãxa )
Persian:
Dari: کُلَاه (fa) ( kulāh )
Iranian Persian: کُلاه (fa) ( kolâh )
Plautdietsch: Hoot m
Polish: kapelusz (pl) m , ( Old Polish ) kłobuk (pl) m , czapka (pl) f
Portuguese: chapéu (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਟੋਪੀ f ( ṭopī )
Shahmukhi: ٹوپی f ( ṭopī )
Quechua: chuku
Romagnol: capéll m
Romanian: pălărie (ro) f
Romansch: chapè m
Russian: шля́па (ru) f ( šljápa ) , ша́пка (ru) f ( šápka ) , головно́й убо́р (ru) m ( golovnój ubór ) ( generic, formal, "headgear" )
Scottish Gaelic: ad f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шѐшӣр m , кло̀бӯк m , ша̏пка f , шкрлак m
Roman: šèšīr (sh) m , klòbūk (sh) m , šȁpka (sh) f , škrlak m ( Croatia )
Sicilian: cappeddu (scn) m , copricapu m
Silesian: kłobuk m
Sinhalese: තොප්පිය ( toppiya )
Slovak: klobúk m , čiapka
Slovene: klobuk (sl) m
Somali: koofiyad
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kłobyk m
Upper Sorbian: kłobuk m
Sotho: katiba (st)
Southern Altai: шляпа ( šlyapa ) , бӧрӱк ( börük )
Spanish: sombrero (es) m
Sranan Tongo: ati
Svan: ფაყვ ( paq̇v )
Swahili: kofia (sw) class 9 /10 , chapeo
Swedish: hatt (sv) c , mössa (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠐꠇꠤ ( ṭoki )
Tagalog: sumbrero , sambalilo
Tajik: кулоҳ (tg) ( kuloh )
Tamil: தொப்பி (ta) ( toppi ) , குல்லா (ta) ( kullā )
Tatar: эшләпә (tt) ( eşläpä ) , калпак (tt) ( qalpaq )
Telugu: టోపి (te) ( ṭōpi )
Thai: หมวก (th) ( mùuak )
Tibetan: ཞྭ་མོ ( zhwa mo ) , དབུ་ཞྭ ( dbu zhwa ) ( honorific )
Tigrinya: ቆብዕ ( ḳobʿ ) , ባርኔጣ ( barneṭa )
Tillamook: nəš-ditk̓iqʷú-tən
Turkish: şapka (tr) , başlık (tr) , kalpak (tr) , gabbella (Cypriot )
Turkmen: şlýapa , telpek , şapka
Ukrainian: капелю́х m ( kapeljúx ) , ша́пка f ( šápka ) , капелю́ха f ( kapeljúxa )
Umbundu: etepa
Urdu: ٹوپی (ur) f ( ṭopī ) , ٹوپ (ur) m ( ṭop )
Uyghur: دوپپا ( doppa ) , شەپكە ( shepke ) , قالپاق ( qalpaq )
Uzbek: qalpoq (uz) , shapka (uz)
Venetian: capelo m , capel m
Vietnamese: mũ (vi) , nón (vi)
Volapük: hät (vo) m (1)
Walloon: tchapea (wa) m
Welsh: het f , diddosben f
West Frisian: hoed
White Hmong: mom
Winnebago: wookąnąk
Xhosa: umnqwazi
Yakut: бэргэһэ ( bergehe )
Yiddish: הוט m ( hut ) , קאַפּעליוש m ( kapelyush ) , שליאַפּע f ( shlyape )
Yup'ik: esslaapaq
Zazaki: kelaw
Zhuang: bongj , mauh
See also
Verb
hat (third-person singular simple present hats , present participle hatting , simple past and past participle hatted )
( transitive ) To place a hat on.
2004 , David Mitchell , Cloud Atlas , London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN :After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
( transitive ) To appoint as cardinal .
1929 December 2, “Five New Hats ”, in Time :It was truly a breathtaking rise. From the quiet school, Pope Pius XI had jumped Father Verdier over the heads of innumerable Bishops, made him Archbishop of Paris. Soon he was to be hatted a Prince of the Church and put in charge of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
( intransitive ) To shop for hats.
1920 , Katharine Metcalf Roof, The Great Demonstration , page 122 :We might just go hatting this afternoon [ …]
1953 , Samuel Beckett , Watt , 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press , published 1959 , →OCLC :Watt's need of semantic succour was at times so great that he would set to trying names on things, and on himself, almost as a woman hats .
Etymology 2
Verb
hat
( Scotland , Northern England or obsolete ) simple past of hit
References
Further reading
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Verb
hat
third-person singular present indicative of haban
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hattr , hǫttr .
Pronunciation
Noun
hat c (singular definite hatten , plural indefinite hatte )
hat
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
Verb
hat
third-person singular present of haben
Hokkien
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Uralic *kutte . Cognates include Finnish kuusi , Northern Mansi хо̄т ( hōt ) , Northern Khanty хәт ( hət ) .
Numeral
hat
six
Declension
Derived terms
( Non-institutionalized adjectival compounds with single-element numerals ) :hatezres , hatmilliós , hatmilliárdos , hatbilliós ; hatméteres , hatcentis , hatkilós , hatdekás , hatgrammos , hattonnás , hatliteres ; hatwattos , hatamperes ; hatperces , hatórás , hatórai , hatórányi , hatnapi , hatnapos , hathetes , hatheti , hatéves , hatévi , hathavi ; hatpercenként , hatóránként , hatnaponta , hatnaponként , hathetente , hathetenként , hathavonta , hathavonként , hatévente , hatévenként ; hatfokos , hatfokú , hatirányú , hatoldalas , hatoldalú , hatkötetes , hatdimenziós , hatszázalékos , hatkerekű , hatfős , hatfőnyi , hatnyelvű , hatgyerekes / hatgyermekes , hattagú , hatelemű , hatrészes , hatemeletes , hatrétegű , hatszintes , hatablakos , hatajtós , hatüléses , hatjegyű , hatpontos , hatszavas , hatbetűs , hatsoros ; hatforintos , hatdolláros , hateurós ; hatlábú , hatágú , hatfejű , hatkezű , hatkarú , hatszemű , hatfülű , hatlevelű .
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uralic *kattɜ- ( “ to penetrate, go ahead, move somewhere ” ) . The suffix -hat /-het originated from this verb. First attested in c. 1372.
Verb
hat
( intransitive , obsolete ) to get , arrive at, pass , progress towards ( a certain location )
Synonyms: hatol , ér , jut
1863 , János Arany , Rege a csodaszarvasról (The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt, translated by E.D. Butler)
Süppedékes mély tavaknak / Szigetére ők behatnak . An island fair to reach, they pass / Through treacherous pool and deep morass.
( intransitive , archaic or literary ) to enter , penetrate
Synonym: hatol
( intransitive ) to take effect , to be effective , to work
Synonyms: hatásos , működik , beválik
( intransitive ) to affect , to have influence , to act ( on something -ra /-re )
Synonyms: kihat , érint , befolyásol
( intransitive ) to seem , appear ( as something -nak /-nek )
Synonyms: tűnik , látszik
Conjugation
potential conjugation of hat
Derived terms
( With verbal prefixes ) :
References
Further reading
( six ) : hat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
( to take effect ) : hat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
hat
h-prothesized form of at
Verb
hat
h-prothesized form of at
Khalaj
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *at .
Pronunciation
Noun
hat (definite accusative hatı , plural hatlar )
horse
Declension
References
Kholosi
Etymology
From Sanskrit हस्त ( hasta ) .
Noun
hat ?
( anatomy ) hand
References
Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014 ) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx , pages 13-36
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Verb
hat
inflection of hunn :
first / third-person singular preterite indicative
second-person plural preterite indicative
Verb
hat
inflection of haen :
second-person plural present indicative
second-person plural imperative
Maricopa
Noun
hat (plural haat )
dog
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hæt , hætt , from Proto-Germanic *hattuz .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
hat (plural hattes or hatten )
A hat or cap ; a piece of headgear or headwear .
A helmet ; a hat used as armour .
( rare ) A circlet or tiara ; a ring-shaped piece of headgear.
( rare ) A circle of foam or mist.
( rare ) An area of hilly woodland .
Related terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
hat
Alternative form of hate
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hit .
Pronoun
hat
it
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hatr , from Proto-Germanic *hataz .
Noun
hat n (definite singular hatet , indefinite plural hat , definite plural hata or hatene )
hatred , hate
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hat
imperative of hate
References
“hat” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hatr , from Proto-Germanic *hataz . Akin to English hate .
Noun
hat n (definite singular hatet , indefinite plural hat , definite plural hata )
hatred , hate
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hat
imperative of hate
References
“hat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *hait .
Adjective
hāt
hot
Declension
Declension of hāt — Strong
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From hātan .
Noun
hāt n
a promise
Declension
Declension of hat (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hatr , from Proto-Germanic *hataz .
Pronunciation
Noun
hat n (uncountable )
hate , hatred
1982 , Lustans Lakejer (lyrics and music), “Diamanter [Diamonds ]”, in Diamanter / Sång om syrsor [Diamonds / Song about crickets ]:Jag ska börja bli elak. Jag ska odla mitt hat . För om hatet är tillräckligt kallt, så ser man världen så klart. Och jag ska skapa intriger. Jag ska inte gå att lita på. För om dom vet att jag går bakom deras rygg, så känner dom sig så små. I'm going to start being mean. I'm going to cultivate my hatred . Because if the hatred is cold enough, you see the world so clearly. And I will create intrigue . I will not be able to trust. Because if they know that I go behind their backs , they feel so small.
1995 , De Lyckliga Kompisarna (lyrics and music), “Hat som hobby [Hate as hobby ]”, in Sagoland [Fairy tale land ]:Hat och hat och hat , men vad gör du av din kärlek? Hat och hat och hat , men vad gör du av din kärlek? Spänn av och låt din längtan sippra fram.Hate and hate and hate , but what do you do with your love? Hate and hate and hate , but what do you do with your love? Relax and let your longing seep out.
Declension
Declension of hat
Uncountable
Indefinite
Definite
Nominative
hat
hatet
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—
Genitive
hats
hatets
—
—
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Tetum
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Numeral
hat
four
Further reading
Fransiskus Monteiro (1985 ) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary ] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
From English hat .
Noun
hat
hat
Etymology 2
From English hard .
Adverb
hat
hard
1989 , Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin , Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19 :Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.” →New International Version translation
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خط , from Arabic خَطّ ( ḵaṭṭ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
hat (definite accusative hattı , plural hatlar )
line
Sigfried hattı ― Siegfried line
writing
Declension
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَطّ ( ḵaṭṭ ) .
Noun
hat (definite accusative haty , plural hatlar )
letter ( written message )
Declension
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gatь .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɦat/
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: hat
Noun
hat m inan (diminutive haćik )
pond (natural or man-made)
Declension
Further reading