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3-letter words (3 found)

ANT,NAT,TAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AT,NA,TA,

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nat ant nta tna atn tan

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Definitions and meaning of nat

nat

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.

Etymology 2

Reduced form of naught.

Adverb

nat (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not. [14th–17th c.]

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
Synonyms
  • nit, nepit
See also
  • bit, nat, qubit

Etymology 4

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. (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

  1. child

Related terms

  • nascu

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈnat]
  • Rhymes: -at

Adjective

nat (feminine nada, masculine plural nats, feminine plural nades)

  1. born
    Synonym: nascut

Derived terms

  • nounat

References

  • “nat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “nat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “nat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “nat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nat, from Old Norse nátt, nótt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nad̥/

Noun

nat c (singular definite natten, plural indefinite nætter)

  1. night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Declension

Derived terms

  • natlig

Further reading

  • “nat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

  1. wet

Inflection

Antonyms

  • droog

Derived terms

  • doornat
  • natregenen
  • nattevingerwerk
  • zeiknat

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

  • IPA(key): /nat˧˩/

Verb

nat

  1. to burn

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nat˥˥/

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 December) “nat”, in 景汉辞典, Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 557

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /nat/, [nät̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nat/, [nät̪]

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

  • IPA(key): /nɑːt/

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

  • Swedish: natt

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

Related terms

  • naște

Singpho

Etymology

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

Noun

nat

  1. spirit

References

  • Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 12

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nätʰ/

Adjective

nat

  1. deep
    ti nat uk'umethe deep stream

Related terms

(Verbs)

  • natij

(Adjectives)

  • natik

(Adjectives & Nouns)

  • natil

References

  • Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nat/

Adverb

nat

  1. not

Derived terms

  • nad (had not)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 58

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