different between zat vs zot
zat
English
Conjunction
zat
- Pronunciation spelling of that. (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
Anagrams
- AZT, Taz
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?t/
- Hyphenation: zat
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sat, from Old Dutch *sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?-.
Adjective
zat (comparative zatter, superlative zatst)
- sated, full, especially with alcoholic beverage, i.e. drunk
- Synonym: dronken
- having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up
Inflection
Derived terms
- ladderzat
- stiepelzat (Flanders)
- zatlap
Determiner
zat
- (informal) plenty
- Synonym: genoeg
Adverb
zat
- (informal) enough
- Synonym: genoeg
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
zat
- singular past indicative of zitten
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay zat, from Classical Malay dhat, dzat, zat, from Arabic ????? (??t, “being, essence, substance, nature”).
Noun
zat (first-person possessive zatku, second-person possessive zatmu, third-person possessive zatnya)
- substance
Compounds
Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (??t, “being, essence, substance, nature).
Noun
zat (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- thing
zat From the web:
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zot
English
Etymology 1
A sound effect. Popularized by the Usenet Oracle, a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.
Pronunciation
Verb
zot (third-person singular simple present zots, present participle zotting, simple past and past participle zotted)
- (slang, transitive) To zap, kill, or destroy.
- 1997, "Matt Lepinski", Zotting (on Internet newsgroup rec.humor.oracle.d)
- I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?
- 1997, "Terry Moore", COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE? (on Internet newsgroup austin.general)
- When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted, it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.
- 1998, "RosieDawg", watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish (on Internet newsgroup rec.ponds)
- electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.
- 1997, "Matt Lepinski", Zotting (on Internet newsgroup rec.humor.oracle.d)
Etymology 2
Sound effect in the comic strip B.C., first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.
Noun
zot (plural zots)
- (US, slang) An anteater.
Interjection
zot
- (US) The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.
Usage notes
- Associated with the UC Irvine Anteaters.
Etymology 3
Noun
zot (plural zots)
- (South Africa, Zimbabwe, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:person of color
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Archaic) (religion) Zojzi
- (Gheg) ?ot [zot]
- (Tosk) zotë [zot?]
Etymology
- From older zota, from Proto-Albanian *dzw?pt, from *w(i)tspáti, from Proto-Indo-European *wi?pótis (“clan leader”) (compare Lithuanian vi?špats, Avestan ????????????????????????????????? (v?spaiti)), compound of *wey?- (“clan, extended family”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (oikía, “house (clan)”), Avestan ????????????? (vi?, “royal court”)) and *pótis (“master”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (pósis, “husband”), Tocharian A pats (“husband”)).
- From an old compound for "Sky father": Proto-Albanian *d?ie?u ? + *a(t)t-, from *dyew- (“sky”) +? *átta (“father”), compare Sanskrit ?????????? (dyáu?-pit??), Proto-Italic *djous pat?r (whence Latin Iuppiter), Ancient Greek ??? ????? (Zeû páter). The radical zot contains the zero-grade radical of Proto-Indo-European *dy?ws.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?t/
Noun
zot m (indefinite plural zotër, definite singular zoti, definite plural zotërit)
- master, headman
- boss, head
- (religion) Lord, God
- sir, mister
Derived terms
- zotëri/zotëni/zotni
- zotësi
- zotëroj/zotnoj
- zotërisht
- zota
Related terms
- Tosk: zonjë
- Gheg: zôjë
Noun
zot m (indefinite plural zotë, definite singular zoti, definite plural zotët)
- landowner, owner of a wealthy estate
- lord, head of a wealthy family with servants
Declension
See also
- pronar
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sot, a borrowing from Old French sot, from Medieval Latin sottus, of unknown origin. Compare Old English sott (“foolish, stupid”), English sot, modern French sot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?t/
- Hyphenation: zot
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
zot (comparative zotter, superlative zotst)
- crazy
- mad
Usage notes
Mainly Brabantian, dialectal in Hollandic.
Inflection
Synonyms
- gek
- getikt
- gestoord
Derived terms
- verzotten
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sot
Noun
zot m (plural zotten, diminutive zotje n)
- A fool.
Usage notes
Same as above.
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sot
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French les autres (“the other guys”).
In French, the plural word autres is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, autres was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.
Pronoun
zot
- you, y'all (second-person plural personal pronoun)
- they, them (third-person plural personal pronoun)
Usage notes
When usage might be ambiguous, zot is reserved for second-person plural and bann-la is used instead for third-person plural.
See also
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