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Nat

Nat

(nät)
,
adv.
Not.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Nat

[For
ne at
.]
Not at; nor at.
[Obs.]
haucer.

Definition 2024


Nat

Nat

See also: nat, NAT, nät, nǟt, Nät, nåt, and Nat.

English

Proper noun

Nat

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel or Nathan.
    • 2008 Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385608015, page 27:
      Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat.
  2. A diminutive of female given names such as Natasha, Natalie, and Natalia.

Noun

Nat (plural Nats)

  1. (informal) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party.

Anagrams

nat

nat

See also: Nat, NAT, nät, nǟt, Nät, nåt, and Nat.

English

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.]
    • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:
      And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Noun

nat (plural nats)

  1. logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms
Synonyms
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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Adjective

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

  1. born

Synonyms


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)

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑt
  • IPA(key): /nɑt/

Etymology

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

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

  1. wet

Inflection

Inflection of nat
uninflected nat
inflected natte
comparative natter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nat natter het natst
het natste
indefinite m./f. sing. natte nattere natste
n. sing. nat natter natste
plural natte nattere natste
definite natte nattere natste
partitive nats natters

Antonyms

Noun

nat n (uncountable)

  1. moisture

Latin

Verb

nat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of

Lojban

Rafsi

nat

  1. rafsi of natmi.

Middle English

Etymology

Old English *nōht, nāht (nought, nothing), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (nothing, literally no thing, no creature), corresponding to (no) + wiht (thing, creature).

Adverb

nat

  1. 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.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Noun

nāt f

  1. night

Declension

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus, taking the meaning of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat (child), also Provençal nada ("girl").

Noun

nat m (plural nați)

  1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual
  2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative

Declension

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Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nätʰ/

Adjective

nat

  1. deep
    ti nat uk'ume - the deep stream

Related terms

(Verbs)

  • natij

(Adjectives)

  • natik

(Adjectives & Nouns)

  • natil

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