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Translingual
Symbol
sat
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Santali.
See also
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See sit.
Adjective
sat (not comparable)
- (UK, predicative) Seated; sitting (down).
2007, Tony Bell, “eighteen”, in Life in the Bus Lane, Cambridge: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 103:Hold on, I’m sat on my arse while I’m writing this.
Verb
sat
- simple past and past participle of sit
I sat in the middle of the park.
Etymology 2
Clippings.
Adjective
sat (comparative more sat, superlative most sat)
- Abbreviation of satisfactory.
- Abbreviation of satisfied.
- Abbreviation of saturated.
Derived terms
Noun
sat (plural sats)
- Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
- Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”).
- Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
- Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).
2010, Virginia Allum, Patricia McGarr, Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate Student's Book with Audio CD, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93:Also, your blood pressure and oxygen sats – that's the amount of oxygen in your blood.
2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 44:his is her third admission for breathing difficulties. The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum. This time we can't get her oxygen sats up—they're actually falling.
2015, Christopher J Gallagher, MD, Pure and Simple: Anesthesia Writtens Review IV Questions, Answers, Explanations 501-1000, →ISBN:Intubation is not necessary unless his oxygen sat reading is low.
Derived terms
See also
See also
Anagrams
- Sta., ats, ast, TAs, Sta, sta, AST, Ast, ATs, tas, Tas., ATS, at's, TSA, T(S/A), as't, TAS, T.A.s, Tas, -ast, TA's, STA
Chuukese
Noun
sat
- sea
Danish
Verb
sat
- past participle of sætte
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from English shirt.
Pronunciation
Noun
sat
- shirt
References
Gothic
Romanization
sat
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐍄
Icelandic
Verb
sat
- first/third-person singular past indicative active of sitja
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satis.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sat
- enough, sufficiently
Ka tu esas sat maskula por kombatar me?- Are you man enough to fight me?
Derived terms
Indonesian
Noun
sat
- (law enforcement) Clipping of satuan (“unit”).
Japhug
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat.
Pronunciation
Verb
sat
- (Kamnyu, transitive) to kill
References
- Jacques, Guillaume, editor (2015–2016), Dictionnaire Japhug-Chinois-Français, version 1.1 嘉绒-汉-法词典, Paris: Projet HimalCo
Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskrit सप्त (sapta). Compare Hindi सात (sāt), Khowar سوت (sot).
Numeral
sat
- seven; 7
Kedah Malay
Pronunciation
Adverb
sat
- For a moment, for a few minutes, for a second.
Hang tunggu tang ni sat na, aku nak pi teghebey burung tu.- You wait here for a second, I am going to slingshot the bird.
Hang ni sat-sat pi tandas, sat-sat pi tandas.- Why are you being like this, going to the toilet frequently (exaggerated to every few seconds).
- As a consequence, then, or else
Jalan lekaih, sat gi tak dan masuk kelas.- Walk faster; or else, we are not going to make it to the class.
See also
Latin
Adverb
sat (not comparable)
- Alternative form of satis (“enough”)
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.291:
- “‘Sat patriae Priamōque datum .’”
- “‘ have given enough to country and to Priam.’”
References
- “sat”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sat”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz. Cognate with German satt, Dutch zat.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sat (masculine saten, neuter sat, comparative méi sat, superlative am saatsten)
- full, sated
Ech sinn esou sat!- I'm so full!
- drunk, inebriated
Declension
Malay
Pronunciation
Adjective
sat
- the highest value card in a playing card
- (archaic) measurement for rice
Adverb
sat
- for a second, in a moment, wait
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French chat.
Noun
sat
- cat
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English
Noun
sat
- Alternative form of schat
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
sat
- (Föhr-Amrum) to sit
Conjugation
infinitive I
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sat
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infinitive II
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(tu) saten
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past participle
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seeden
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imperative singular
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sat
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imperative plural
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sat’m
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present
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past
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1st singular
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sat
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seed
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2nd singular
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satst
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seedst
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3rd singular
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sat
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seed
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plural
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sat
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seed
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perfect
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pluperfect
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1st singular
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haa seeden
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hed seeden
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2nd singular
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heest seeden
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hedst seeden
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3rd singular
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hee seeden
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hed seeden
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plural
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haa seeden
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hed seeden
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future (skel)
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future (wel)
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1st singular
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skal sat
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wal sat
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2nd singular
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skääl sat
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wääl sat
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3rd singular
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skal sat
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wal sat
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plural
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skel sat
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wel sat
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
sat
- past of sitja and sitta
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-. Compare Old Saxon sad, Dutch zat, Old English sæd, Old Norse saðr, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌸𐍃 (saþs).
Adjective
sat
- full, sated
Descendants
Old Norse
Verb
sat
- first/third-person singular past active indicative of sitja
Romanian
Etymology
From Old Romanian fsat, borrowed from an earlier form of Albanian fshat (due to unexpected syncope), from Late Latin fossātum (“entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch”), from Latin fossa (“ditch”). Compare Albanian fshat (“village”), Byzantine Greek φουσσάτον (phoussáton, “citadel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sat n (plural sate or (regional) saturi)
- village
- (obsolete) dwelling
- (obsolete) field
- Synonym: câmp
- (obsolete) shrine, holy place
- (obsolete) bed
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sat-. Compare to Turkish satmak.
Verb
sat
- to sell
References
Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “sat”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ساعت (saʼat), from Persian ساعت (sâ'at), from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).
Pronunciation
Noun
sȃt m (Cyrillic spelling са̑т)
- clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
- Synonyms: rèlōj, ȕra
Declension
Noun
sȃt m (Cyrillic spelling са̑т)
- hour
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) čȁs
- Koliko je sati? ― What time is it?
- Jedan je sat. ― It is one o'clock.
- Dva je sata. ― It's two o'clock.
- Pet je sati. ― It's five o'clock.
- (education) class, lecture (a single school period or academic lesson, typically lasting around an hour)
Prvo na rasporedu je sat matematike.- First on the timetable is math class.
Declension
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French chat.
Noun
sat
- cat
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Turkish
Noun
sat
- Alternative form of sad
Verb
sat
- second-person singular imperative of satmak