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

• ANT, Ant, an't, ant, NTA, TAN, Tan, tan

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

• nit, nepit

See also

• bit, nat, qubit

Anagrams

• ANT, Ant, an't, ant
• NTA
• TAN, Tan, tan

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Adjective

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

1. born

Synonyms

• nascut

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

Antonyms

• droog

Noun

nat n ‎(uncountable)

1. moisture

Latin

Verb

nat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of nō

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 nā ‎(“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

• Swedish: natt

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

Synonyms

• (person, individual): om, persoană, individ, ins
• (kinsman, relative): rudă, rudenie

Related terms

• naște

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

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.