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English

Etymology 1

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Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
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Etymology 4

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus (born). Compare Romanian nat (personal, individual).

Noun

nat m

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. night (period between sunset and sunrise)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nat, from Old Dutch nat, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic *nataz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: nat
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

  1. 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

Inflection of nat
uninflected nat
inflected natte
comparative natter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nat natter het natst
het natste
indefinite m./f. sing. natte nattere natste
n. sing. nat natter natste
plural natte nattere natste
definite natte nattere natste
partitive nats natters

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: nati
  • Negerhollands: nat
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: nat
  • Aukan: nati

Noun

nat n (uncountable)

  1. moisture

Derived terms

Jingpho

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

nat

  1. to burn

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) (ill; evil spirit).

Pronunciation

Noun

nat

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of

Maia

Noun

nat

  1. rain

Middle English

Adverb

nat

  1. 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

  1. Alternative form of not

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

nāt

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of nytan

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Noun

nāt f

  1. night

Declension

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)

  1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual
    Synonyms: om, persoană, individ, ins
  2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative
    Synonyms: rudă, rudenie

Declension

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Singpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t).

Noun

nat

  1. spirit

References

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

Adjective

nat

  1. deep
    ti nat uk'umethe deep stream

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References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nat.

Adverb

nat

  1. 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