different between zax vs zat

English

Etymology

From Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahs?. Doublet of sax.

Pronunciation

• enPR: z?ks, IPA^(key): /zæks/
• Rhymes: -æks
• Homophone: zacks

Noun

zax (plural zaxes)

1. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

English

Conjunction

zat

1. 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)

1. sated, full, especially with alcoholic beverage, i.e. drunk

   Synonym: dronken

2. having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up

Inflection

Derived terms

• ladderzat
• stiepelzat (Flanders)
• zatlap

Determiner

zat

1. (informal) plenty

   Synonym: genoeg

Adverb

zat

1. (informal) enough

   Synonym: genoeg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zat

1. 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)

1. substance

Compounds

Turkmen

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (??t, “being, essence, substance, nature).

Noun

zat (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. thing