English

Alternative forms

• Tati

Proper noun

Tat

1. An Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.
2. A southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Tat people.

Derived terms

• Judeo-Tat

Translations

Noun

Tat ‎(plural Tats)

1. A member of this people.

Translations

German

Etymology

From Old High German tāt (akin to Old Saxon dād), from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis. Compare Low German Daat, Dutch daad, English deed, Danish dåd, Gothic 𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 ‎(dēþs), and Ancient Greek θέσις ‎(thésis, “arrangement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophone: tat

Noun

Tat f ‎(genitive Tat, plural Taten)

1. deed
2. act
3. (law enforcement) crime, offense

Declension

Derived terms

• in der Tat
• Missetat
• Tatverdacht
• Untat

English

Noun

tat ‎(plural tats)

1. Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
2. Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
3. (India) Gunnycloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius or jute.

Translations

Verb

tat ‎(third-person singular simple present tats, present participle tatting, simple past and past participle tatted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.

Translations

Etymology 2

Hindi

Noun

tat ‎(plural tats)

1. (India, dated) A pony.

Etymology 3

Noun

tat ‎(plural tats)

1. (slang) A tattoo.

Translations

See also

• rat-a-tat-tat
• tit for tat
• tatt
• tatting
• tatty

Anagrams

• att

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taːt]
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophone: Tat

Verb

tat

1. First-person singular preterite of tun.
2. Third-person singular preterite of tun.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tukta ‎(“cross-beam”). Cognate with Finnish tuhto ‎(“thwart (of a ship)”), Komi тік ‎(tïk, “cross wood, cross bar”), and Selkup тати ‎(“thwart (of a ship)”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒt]
• Hyphenation: tat

Noun

tat ‎(plural tatok)

1. (nautical) stern (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Álgu etymological database, entry #81764 (language: Proto-Uralic, word: tuktᴈ)

Kurdish

Noun

tat ?

1. cliff

Lojban

Rafsi

tat

1. rafsi of tatru.

Mopan Maya

Noun

tat

1. father

References

• Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Romansch

Etymology

Compare Latin tata, a childish word for father.

Noun

tat m (plural tats)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) grandfather

Synonyms

• (Puter) non
• (Vallader) bazegner, bapsegner

Related terms

• tatta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tatь ‎(“thief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tât/

Noun

tȁt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling та̏т)

1. (expressively) thief

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tatıg, from Proto-Turkic *dāt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtat/
• Hyphenation: tat

Noun

tat ‎(definite accusative tadı, plural tatlar)

1. taste

Declension

Veps

Noun

tat

1. father, dad

Inflection

Derived terms

• ezitat
• tatannimi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “отец, папа”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Etymology

From German Staat.

Noun

tat

1. state

Declension