vaat

See also: våt and väät

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vate, the plural of vat (“pot, jar, barrel”) (modern vat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vaat
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

vaat f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (dirty) dishes, washing-up

Synonyms

• afwas

Derived terms

• vaatdoek
• vaatwasser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vaat (neuter vaatt, definite singular and plural vaate)

1. obsolete typography of våt

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وعد (vaad), from Arabic وَعْد (waʕd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.atʲ/, /vaːtʲ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vaat (definite accusative vaadi, plural vaatler)

1. promise

Declension

Declension of vaat

	singular	plural
nominative	vaat	vaatler
definite accusative	vaadi	vaatleri
dative	vaade	vaatlere
locative	vaatte	vaatlerde
ablative	vaatten	vaatlerden
genitive	vaadin	vaatlerin

Related terms

• vadetmek

Further reading

• “vaat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “vaat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Yola

Alternative forms

• vaate

Etymology

From Middle English vaat, from Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic *fat. Cognate with West English veät.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːt/

Noun

vaat

1. vat, dish, noggin or small vessel.

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 74