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gat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
- (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep.
- You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.
- 1988, N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton
- Goin' off on a motherfucker like that
- With a gat that's pointed at yo ass
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep.
Translations
Verb
gat (third-person singular simple present gats, present participle gatting, simple past and past participle gatted)
- (slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
Etymology 2
From guitar, by shortening
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- (New Zealand, slang) A guitar
Etymology 3
Verb
gat
- (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get
- Genesis 19:27
- And Abraham gat up early in the morning
- Genesis 19:27
Etymology 4
From Icelandic [Term?].
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- An opening between sandbanks; a strait.
Etymology 5
From Korean ? (gat).
Alternative forms
- kat
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
Anagrams
- ATG, GTA, TAG, TGA, tag
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gat (“hole, gap; arse”), from Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gat?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?at/
Noun
gat (plural gate, diminutive gaatjie)
- hole; perforation
- gap; opening
- hole or hollowed out area used as a shelter or home by animals
- (figuratively) dump; a run-down living space, room or house
- (golf) hole; cup
Synonyms
- (gap): gaping
- (golf): putjie
Derived terms
- gatvol
Noun
gat (plural gatte, diminutive gatjie)
- (vulgar) anus
- (crude) rump; buttocks; bum; ass; backside of a human
- the backside of animals or objects
Synonyms
- (backside, ass): agterstewe, blaker, stert
- (anus): hol, poephol
Derived terms
- gatkant
- kaalgat
Anagrams
- agt
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gat, cat), from Late Latin cattus (“cat”) (compare French chat, Spanish gato). See cat for more.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /??at/
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)
- cat (feline animal)
- jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
- cat shark
Synonyms
- (cat): mix (colloquial), moix (colloquial)
Derived terms
Related terms
- gata
Adjective
gat (feminine gata, masculine plural gats, feminine plural gates)
- (Mallorca) drunk
Further reading
- “gat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gat?. Doublet of gate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t/
- Hyphenation: gat
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)
- gap, hole
- Synonyms: hol, opening
- godforsaken place, hamlet
- Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
- (archaic) port
Noun
gat n or m (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)
- (vulgar) arsehole, asshole
- (by extension, informal) the buttocks, butt, bum, rear-end, bottom of a person or animal
- "Het regent" (nursery rhyme).
- Synonym: achterste
- "Het regent" (nursery rhyme).
Derived terms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gat?.
Noun
gat n (genitive singular gats, nominative plural göt)
- hole, perforation (an opening through a solid body)
- (colloquial, school) a gap in a fixed schedule, an unassigned time in the schedule, usually between classes; break, free period
Declension
Derived terms
- standa á gati (to be unable to answer a question, to be at a loss)
- reka einhvern á gat (to stump somebody, to ask somebody a question he cannot answer)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gat
- first-person singular active present indicative of geta
- Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
- I couldn't stop her.
- Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
- third-person singular active present indicative of geta
See also
- hola
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gat? (“dike”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian hat, Polish ga?, Serbo-Croatian gat (“ditch, dam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?at/
Noun
gat m (diminutive ga?ik)
- pond
- dam, embankment
Declension
Derived terms
- gatny
- gatojski
- pódgata?
- pódgatki
Further reading
- gat in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- gat in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?at/
Verb
gat
- Medial form of gate
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“gate”)
Etymology 2
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Etymology 3
Noun
gat
- (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of goot
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
gat
- past tense of gjeta
Etymology 2
Noun
gat n (definite singular gatet, indefinite plural gat, definite plural gata or gati)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by gatt
Nuer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?at], [?ad]
Noun
gat
- son
Occitan
Alternative forms
- cat
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat). See cat for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?at]
Noun
gat m (plural gats, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)
- a cat
Related terms
- gata
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.
Cognate with Old Saxon g?t, Old Dutch *geit, Old High German geiz, Old Norse geit, Gothic ???????????????????? (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t/
Noun
g?t f
- goat
Declension
Coordinate terms
- bucca (“male goat”)
Derived terms
- g?thierde
Descendants
- Middle English: goot, got, gat, gote, goet, goth, gathe
- English: goat
- ? Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
- ? Marshallese: koot
- ? Rotokas: goti
- Scots: gait, gayt
- Yola: geearth, geearte, gurth
- English: goat
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Noun
gat n
- hole, opening
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt
Etymology 2
Verb
gat
- first-person singular past indicative active of geta
- third-person singular past indicative active of geta
References
- gat in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romagnol
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??at/, [??a??t]
Noun
gat m (plural ghét)
- cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)
- December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8:
- S'i padrùn gio tla pianura,\ chi por gat j è armast te' ghét,\ in s'è mòs da meda tl'éra,\ a raspè mla porta tchjusa.
- December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8:
Romanian
Etymology
From Hungarian gát
Noun
gat n (plural gaturi)
- (Transylvania) dam
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) giat
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus.
Noun
gat m (plural gats)
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gat? (“dike”). Cognate with Slovak ha? (“dam”), Upper Sorbian hat, Polish ga?, Lower Sorbian gat (“pond, dam”), and Russian ???? (gat?, “causeway”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ât/
Noun
g?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- ditch
- dam
Declension
References
- “gat” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
- igat
Etymology
From English got.
Verb
gat
- have
Derived terms
- gat bel
- igat
- nogat
Venetian
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??at/
- Hyphenation: gàt
Noun
gat m (plural gati)
- cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)
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galt
English
Noun
galt
- Alternative form of gault
Anagrams
- LGAT
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German galt, from Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (“to sing, do magic, bewitch”) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).
Compare Cimbrian galt (“not milch; barren”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
galt
- (Uri, of cows) Not milch.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German galt, from Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (“to sing, do magic, bewitch”) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).
Compare Alemannic German galt (“not milch”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
galt (Sette Comuni)
- (especially of cows) Not milch.
- (also of human women) barren, infertile
Declension
References
- “galt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.
German
Pronunciation
Verb
galt
- first/third-person singular preterite of gelten
Icelandic
Verb
galt
- first-person singular past indicative of gjalda
- third-person singular past indicative of gjalda
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
galt
- neuter singular of gal
Adverb
galt
- wrong
References
- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- galte
Etymology
From Old Norse galti, galtr, g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
galt m (definite singular galten, indefinite plural galtar, definite plural galtane)
- a male pig, especially one that is castrated
- Synonyms: hanngris, råne
References
- “galt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- lagt
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish galter, from Old Norse g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtô.
Noun
galt c
- boar; male pig
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
galt
- supine of gala.
Anagrams
- lagt
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