Fat

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See also fát, and făt

English

Etymology

Old English fætt

Pronunciation

• enPR: făt, IPA: /fæt/, SAMPA: /f{t/

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  • Rhymes: -æt

Adjective

Fat (comparative fatt, superlative er)

Positive Fat

Comparative fatt

Superlative er

1. Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body.

   The fat man had trouble getting through the door.

2. Thick.

   The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

3. Bountiful.
4. Variant form of phat.
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Template:Sports A poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (See thin, shank, toe)

Synonyms

• (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat): chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed

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• (thick): thick
• (bountiful): bountiful, prosperous

Antonyms

• (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat): lean, skinny, slim, thin

Translations

carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body

Albanian: trashë (i/e) Arabic: سمين ar(ar) (samiin), بدين ar(ar) (badiin) Egyptian: تخين (tixiin) Armenian: գեր hy(hy) (ger), (colloquial) չաղ hy(hy) (čaġ) Chinese: Mandarin: 胖 cmn(cmn) (pàng) Croatian: dèbeo hr(hr), gȍjāzan hr(hr), tȗst hr(hr) Czech: tlustý cs(cs) Danish: fed da(da) Dutch: vet nl(nl), dik nl(nl), gezet nl(nl), corpulent nl(nl), volslank nl(nl) Esperanto: grasa, korpulenta Finnish: lihava, läski (derogatory) French: gros fr(fr) German: dick; fett Greek: χοντρός el(el), παχύς el(el) (pakhís) m. Hungarian: kövér hu(hu) Icelandic: feitur is(is) Ido: grosa io(io) Irish: ramhar ga(ga)

Italian: grasso it(it) m., obeso it(it) m. Japanese: 太った(ふとった, futotta) Kurdish: قه‌ڵه‌و Latin: obesus, gurdus la(la) m., pinguis la(la), corpulentus la(la) m., crassus la(la) Latvian: resns Lithuanian: storas lt(lt) m., stora lt(lt) f. Macedonian: дебел mk(mk) (débel), згоен mk(mk) (zgóen) Manx: roauyr gv(gv) Norwegian: feit, korpulent Old Irish: remor Portuguese: gordo pt(pt) Romanian: gras ro(ro) Russian: толстый ru(ru) (tólstyj), полный ru(ru) (pólnyj), жирный ru(ru) (žírnyj) Scottish Gaelic: reamhar gd(gd) Sicilian: rossu m. Slovene: debel sl(sl) Spanish: gordo es(es) Swedish: fet sv(sv), tjock sv(sv)

thick

Albanian: trashë (i/e) Armenian: հաստ hy(hy) (hast) Croatian: dèbeo hr(hr) Czech: tlustý cs(cs) Dutch: dik nl(nl), gezet nl(nl), corpulent nl(nl) Esperanto: dika eo(eo) Finnish: paksu fi(fi) German: dick; fett Greek: χοντρός el(el) (khontrós) m. Icelandic: þykkur is(is)

Irish: ramhar ga(ga) Italian: grosso it(it) Portuguese: gordo pt(pt) Romanian: gros ro(ro) Russian: толстый ru(ru) (tólstyj) Sicilian: rossu m. Slovene: debel sl(sl) Spanish: grueso es(es) Swedish: tjock sv(sv) Welsh: tew cy(cy)

bountiful

Dutch: vet nl(nl) Finnish: satoisa fi(fi), lihava fi(fi) Greek: άφθονος el(el) (áfθonos) m.

Macedonian: дебел mk(mk) (débel) m. Portuguese: gordo pt(pt) Swedish: fet sv(sv), rik sv(sv)

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Bulgarian: дебел m. Urdu: موٹا m., موٹى f.

Noun

fat (uncountable and countable; plural fats)

1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
2. (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
3. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

   We need to trim the fat in this company

4. (countable, obsolete) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
5. A person or animal that is overweight or obese.
6. (slang) An erection.

   "I saw Daniel crack a fat."

Synonyms

• (animal tissue): adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat)
• (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat): grease, lard
• (tub): vat

Wikipedia

Quotations

vat

• 1882, In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429.

Translations

specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy

Albanian: dhjamë Armenian: ճարպ hy(hy) (č̣arp) Croatian: sȁlo hr(hr) n. Czech: tuk cs(cs) m. Danish: fedt da(da) n. Dutch: vet n., vetlaag f. Esperanto: graso eo(eo) Finnish: rasva; silava or läski (pork fat) French: gras fr(fr) m. German: Fett de(de) n. Greek: λίπος el(el) (lípos) n. Hungarian: zsír hu(hu) Ido: graso io(io)

Italian: grasso it(it) m. Kurdish: به‌ز ku(ku) Latin: adeps la(la) Macedonian: маст mk(mk) (mást) f., сало mk(mk) (sálo) n. Norwegian: fett no(no) n. Portuguese: gordura pt(pt) f. Romanian: grăsime ro(ro) Russian: жир m., сало n coll. Sicilian: rassu m. , sivu m. , siu m. Spanish: grasa es(es) f. Swahili: mafuta sw(sw) Swedish: fett sv(sv) Telugu: కొవ్వు (kovvu)

refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat

Albanian: yndyrë Armenian: ճարպ hy(hy) (č̣arp) Croatian: mȃst hr(hr) Dutch: vet nl(nl) n. Esperanto: graso eo(eo) Finnish: rasva fi(fi) French: gras m., matière grasse f. Greek: λίπος el(el) (lípos) n.

Ido: graso io(io) Italian: grasso it(it) m. Kurdish: چه‌وری Macedonian: маст mk(mk) (mást) f., маснотија mk(mk) (masnótija) f. Russian: жир ru(ru) (žir) m. Spanish: grasa es(es) f. Swahili: mafuta sw(sw) Swedish: fett sv(sv)

that part of an organization deemed wasteful

Swahili: mafuta sw(sw)

vat — see vat

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Bulgarian: мазнина f. Slovak: tuk m. Urdu: چربى

Verb

Infinitive to Fat

Third person singular fats

Simple past fatted

Past participle -

Present participle fatting

to Fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.

   kill the fatted calf

Translations

to make fat; to fatten

Albanian: majm Danish: opfede Dutch: vetmesten nl(nl) Esperanto: grasigi Finnish: lihottaa fi(fi)

Italian: ingrassare it(it) Macedonian: здебелува mk(mk) (zdebéluva), гои mk(mk) (gói) Portuguese: engordar pt(pt), cevar pt(pt) Russian: толстеть ru(ru) Swedish: göda sv(sv)

Related terms

• fat camp
• fat chance
• fatten

Anagrams

• aft, , AFT
• ATF
• FTA
• TAF
• TFA

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Albanian

Noun

fat

1. luck

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin fatum

Noun

fat

1. fate

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French

Etymology

Latin fatuus

Adjective

fat

1. conceited

Anagrams

• aft,
• taf

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fat.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faːt/

  Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

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1. vat
2. item of clothing

Declension

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Norwegian

Noun

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1. plate
2. vat
3. barrel

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Swedish

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Noun

fat

1. saucer; a small dish
2. plate (serving dish)
3. barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
4. barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

Derived terms

saucer

• tefat

serving dish

• serveringsfat
• kakfat

barrel; container

• fatöl

Idioms

• ha någons huvud på ett fat - have someone's head on a platter
• det ligger någon i fatet - "it's in someone's plate" - about something that is, or is by others perceived as, an obstacle (physical or mental) to someone

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Volapük

Etymology

German Vater, English father

Pronunciation

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Noun

fat

1. father

Declension

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