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English
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Burmese နတ် ( nat ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nat (plural nats )
A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism .
1936 , Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art , London: Long, page 175 :They greatly dread evil "Nats " or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.
Etymology 2
Reduced form of naught .
Adverb
nat (not comparable )
( obsolete ) Not .
1614 , William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe :And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of natural logarithm .
Noun
nat (plural nats )
A logarithmic unit of information or entropy , based on natural logarithms.
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Etymology 4
Noun
nat (plural nats )
( colloquial , US ) Clipping of natatorium .
Anagrams
-ant , ANT , Ant , Ant. , NTA , TAN , TNA , Tan , a'n't , an't , ant , ant- , ant. , tan
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin nātus ( “ born ” ) . Compare Romanian nat ( “ personal, individual ” ) .
Noun
nat m
child
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan nat , from Latin nātus , from earlier gnātus , from Proto-Italic *gnātos , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós ( “ begotten, produced ” ) , derived from the root *ǵenh₁- ( “ to beget, give birth ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
nat (feminine nada , masculine plural nats , feminine plural nades )
born
Synonym: nascut
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish nat , from Old Norse nátt , nótt , from Proto-Germanic *nahts , from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts .
Pronunciation
Noun
nat c (singular definite natten , plural indefinite nætter )
night (period between sunset and sunrise)
Declension
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nat , from Old Dutch nat , from Proto-West Germanic *nat , from Proto-Germanic *nataz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
nat (comparative natter , superlative natst )
wet
Na de regen was het gras nat en modderig. After the rain, the grass was wet and muddy.
Trek een jas aan, anders word je nat in de regen. Put on a coat, or you'll get wet in the rain.
De hond kwam terug van zijn wandeling met natte poten. The dog came back from his walk with wet paws.
We moesten schuilen voor de natte sneeuw. We had to take shelter from the wet snow.
De kinderen kwamen binnen met natte kleren na het spelen in de regen. The children came inside with wet clothes after playing in the rain.
Inflection
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Berbice Creole Dutch: nati
Negerhollands: nat
Skepi Creole Dutch: nat
→ Aukan: nati
Noun
nat n (uncountable )
moisture
Derived terms
Jingpho
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
nat
to burn
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) ( “ ill; evil spirit ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nat
ghost ; god ; spirit
References
Xu, Xijian (徐悉艰 ); Xiao, Jiacheng (肖家成 ); Yue, Xiangkun (岳相昆 ); Dai, Qingxia (戴庆厦 ) (1983-12), “nat”, in 景汉辞典 [Jingpho-Chinese Dictionary ], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 557
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
nat
third-person singular present active indicative of nō
Maia
Noun
nat
rain
Middle English
Adverb
nat
Alternative form of not
13?? , Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus
And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.
Noun
nat
Alternative form of not
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
nāt
first / third-person singular present indicative of nytan
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nátt , from Proto-Germanic *nahts .
Noun
nāt f
night
Declension
Declension of nāt (consonant stem)
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nātus , from earlier gnātus , from Proto-Italic *gnātos , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós ( “ begotten, produced ” ) , derived from the root *ǵenh₁- ( “ to beget, give birth ” ) . The meaning in Romanian developed from that of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat ( “ child ” ) , also Occitan nada ( “ girl ” ) .
Noun
nat m (plural nați )
( uncommon , popular) person , individual
Synonyms: om , persoană , individ , ins
( uncommon , popular) kinsman , relative
Synonyms: rudă , rudenie
Declension
Declension of nat
singular
plural
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) nat
natul
(niște) nați
nații
genitive/dative
(unui) nat
natului
(unor) nați
naților
vocative
natule
naților
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Singpho
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) .
Noun
nat
spirit
References
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
Adjective
nat
deep
ti nat uk'um e ― the deep stream
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References
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English nat .
Adverb
nat
not
1867 , “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page 106 :Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame; Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.
References
Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, page 58