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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ?????? (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Adjective

glatt (not comparable)

1. (Yinglish, of an animal, Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
2. (Yinglish, by extension, of food, Judaism) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

German

Etymology

From Old High German glat, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lat]
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

glatt (comparative glatter, superlative am glattesten)

1. without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)

2. slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
3. (informal) clear, unequivocal

4. (mathematics, of a function) smooth (having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)

Declension

Synonyms

• schlüpfrig
• blank
• eindeutig
• eben
• rutschig
• schlüpfrig
• glitschig

Derived terms

• aalglatt
• glatt wie ein Aal
• Glatteis
• glatt gehen

Related terms

• glätten

Further reading

• “glatt” in Duden online

Icelandic

Participle

glatt

1. inflection of gladdur:
   1. strong neuter nominative singular
   2. strong neuter accusative singular

Verb

glatt

1. supine of gleðja

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from German glatt.

Adjective

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattere, indefinite superlative glattest, definite superlative glatteste)

1. smooth
2. slippery

Adverb

glatt

1. smoothly

References

• “glatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German glatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?/

Adjective

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattare, indefinite superlative glattast, definite superlative glattaste)

1. smooth
2. slippery

Adverb

glatt

1. smoothly

References

• “glatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German glatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lat?/

Adjective

glatt

1. smooth; possessing a low amount of friction
2. (mathematics) smooth
3. absolute indefinite neuter form of glad.

Adverb

glatt (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

1. happily; in a happy and positive manner

Verb

glatt

1. supine of glädja.

English

Etymology 1

See slat (“a strip of board”).

Noun

slatt (plural slatts)

1. A stone slab used as a veneer for coarse masonry.

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Etymology 2

Acronym of slime love all the time or slime life all the time coined and popularised by Young Thug.

Interjection

slatt

1. (slang) Used to express affection between friends, especially within rapper communities.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtuz.

Noun

slatt m (definite slattn, plural slatta)

1. melody
2. (uncountable) the hay harvest

Derived terms

• slattænn f (“the time of the hay harvest”)