nat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nat"

Translingual

Symbol

nat

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hungworo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hungworo terms

English

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

nat (deity)

Wikipedia

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175:

     They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.

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. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.

Synonyms

• nit, nepit

See also

• bit, nat, qubit

Etymology 4

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.

Etymology 5

Clipping of natural.

Adjective

nat (not comparable)

1. (roleplaying games, dice games, slang) Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).

   After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.

   • 1992 October 5, Jordan M. Wolbrum, “Critical Hits”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎ (Usenet):

     in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on.

   • 1995 September 21, Deanna Hatter, “How to roll d16 in level distribution?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎ (Usenet):

     Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P

   • 2022, Shelly Mazzanoble, Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations About Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It, Iowa City, I.A.: University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 56:

     But she continued. "I do a Survival check to see if there are any worm people in these puddles... and roll a nat twenty!"

Anagrams

• TNA, a'n't, ant, Ant., TAN, Ant, an't, NTA, ant., ATN, ANT, Tan, -ant, ant-, tan

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus (“born”). Compare Romanian nat (“personal, individual”).

Noun

nat m

1. child

Related terms

• nascu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nat, from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnat]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

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

1. born

   Synonym: nascut

Derived terms

• nounat

References

• “nat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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)

Declension

Declension of nat

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nat	natten	nætter	nætterne
genitive	nats	nattens	nætters	nætternes

Derived terms

Terms derived from “nat”

• bittersød natskygge
• brudenat
• bryllupsnat
• de lange knives nat
• den der gemmer til natten, gemmer til katten
• det er nat med
• dyrlægens natmad
• elskovsnat
• frostnat
• godnat
• godnat, Ole pengene ligger i vinduet
• gøre nat til dag
• have drukket af natpotten
• hvis man kan være en karl om natten kan man også være en karl om dagen
• i går nat
• i nat
• i nattens mulm og mørke
• ikke forstyrre nogens nattesøvn
• julenat
• kulturnat
• midnat
• midsommernat
• mordnat
• nataktiv
• natarbejde
• natble
• natbord
• natbordslampe
• natbus
• natcafe
• natcreme
• natdiskotek
• natdragt
• natdyr
• natflyvning
• natfugl
• natherberg
• nathold
• nathue
• nathus
• nathyacint
• natkjole
• natklub
• natklubsangerinde
• natkvarter
• natlampe
• natlig
• natlogi
• natlys
• natlæge
• natløb
• natmad
• natmand
• natmandsfolk
• natmørk
• natportier
• natpotte
• natradio
• natravn
• natrenovation
• natrestaurant
• natsejlads
• natside
• natskjorte
• natskygge
• natsommerfugl
• natsort
• natsværmer
• natsygeplejerske
• natsænkning
• nattakst
• natteblind
• natteblindhed
• nattedrøm
• nattefest
• nattefrost
• nattegn
• nattehimmel
• nattekulde
• nattelang
• natteleje
• natteliv
• natteluft
• nattely
• nattemperatur
• nattemøde
• nattemørke
• natten over
• nattens dronning
• natteravn
• natterend
• nattergal
• nattergalesang
• nattergaletur
• nattero
• natteroderi
• nattesjov
• nattestemning
• nattestilhed
• nattestille
• nattesved
• nattesyn
• nattesæde
• nattesøvn
• nattetid
• nattetime
• nattetisseri
• nattetåge
• nattevagt
• nattevandrer
• nattevandring
• nattevind
• nattevægter
• nattillæg
• nattjeneste
• nattog
• nattrøje
• nattøj
• natugle
• natviol
• natøvelse
• nytårsnat
• oktobernat
• over natten
• overnatning
• overnatningsmulighed
• overnatningssted
• overnatte
• polarnat
• som dag og nat
• som en tyv om natten
• sommernat
• stjernenat
• tropenat
• valgnat
• ved nat
• vinternat
• vågenat

Further reading

• “nat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

1. wet

   Antonym: droog

   Na de regen was het gras nat en modderig. ― After the rain, the grass was wet and muddy.

   Trek een jas aan, anders word je nat in de regen. ― Put on a coat, or you'll get wet in the rain.

   De hond kwam terug van zijn wandeling met natte poten. ― The dog came back from his walk with wet paws.

   We moesten schuilen voor de natte sneeuw. ― We had to take shelter from the wet snow.

   De kinderen kwamen binnen met natte kleren na het spelen in de regen. ― The children came inside with wet clothes after playing in the rain.

Declension

Declension 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	—

Derived terms

• doornat
• natheid
• natregenen
• nattevingerwerk
• nattigheid
• natvoer
• zeiknat

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: nati
• Negerhollands: nat
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nat
• → Aukan: nati

Noun

nat n (uncountable, diminutive natje n)

1. moisture

Usage notes

• The diminutive natje is rare and almost only used in the context of expressions such as een natje en een droogje.

Derived terms

• een natje en een droogje
• gerstenat
• vleesnat

Jingpho

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat˧˩/

Verb

nat

1. to burn

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (“ill; evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat˥˥/

Noun

nat

1. ghost; god; spirit

References

• Xu, Xijian (徐悉艰); Xiao, Jiacheng (肖家成); Yue, Xiangkun (岳相昆); Dai, Qingxia (戴庆厦) (December 1983), “nat”, in 景汉辞典 [Jingpho-Chinese Dictionary], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 557

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnat]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnat]

Verb

nat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of nō

Maia

Noun

nat

1. rain

Middle English

Adverb

nat

1. alternative form of 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.

Noun

nat

1. alternative form of not

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nat, Proto-Germanic *nataz

Adjective

nat

1. wet

Inflection

Declension of nat (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	nat	nat	nat	nata, nate
accusative	natan, naten	nata	nat	nata, nate
genitive	nates	natero	nates	natero
dative	natin, natemo	natero	natin, natemo	naton
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	nato	nata	nata	naton
accusative	naton	naton	nata	naton
genitive	natin	naton	natin	natono
dative	natin	naton	natin	naton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nat, nāet
  • Dutch: nat
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: nati
    • Negerhollands: nat
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: nat
    • → Aukan: nati

References

• “nat”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːt/

Verb

nāt

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of nytan
2. first/third-person singular present indicative of nitan

Old Swedish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Old Norse nátt

Old Swedish nat

Inherited from Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

nāt f

1. night

Declension

Declension of nāt (consonant stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nāt	nāttin	nǣtter	nǣtrina(r), -rena(r)
accusative	nāt	nāttina, -ena	nǣtter	nǣtrina(r), -rena(r)
dative	nāt	nāttinni, -inne	nāttum, -om	nāttumin, -omen
genitive	nātta(r)	inna(r)	nātta	nāttanna

Descendants

• Swedish: natt

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”). The meaning in Romanian developed from that of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat (“child”), also Occitan nada (“girl”).

Noun

nat m (plural nați)

1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual

   Synonyms: om, persoană, individ, ins

2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative

   Synonyms: rudă, rudenie

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nat	natul		nați	nații
genitive-dative	nat	natului		nați	naților
vocative	natule			naților

Related terms

• naște

Singpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na.

Noun

nat

1. spirit

References

• Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 12

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nätʰ/

Adjective

nat

1. deep

   ti nat ukʼume ― 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.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat/

Adverb

nat

1. not
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;

     Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

Derived terms

• nad (“had not”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58