hat
Translingual
English

Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /hæt/
Audio (US) (file)
- (Canada, California, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [hat]
Audio (UK RP) (file)
- (Northern US) IPA(key): [hɛt]
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 (xaoda, “hat”), Persian خود (xud, “helmet”), Welsh cadw (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood.
Noun
hat (plural hats)
- A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0091:
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- 2009, “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions”, performed by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell and J. J. Abrams:
- Denzel walks. Will Smith walks. Mark Wahlberg is wearing a hat!
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- (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- 1993, Susan Loesser, A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life: A Portrait by His Daughter, Hal Leonard Corporation, published 2000, →ISBN, page 121:
- My mother was wearing several hats in the early fifties: hostess, scout, wife, and mother.
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- (figuratively) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
- (video games) A hat switch.
- 2002, Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL, p.139:
- The third type of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats, and balls.
- 2002, Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL, p.139:
- (typography, nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
- 1997 October 6th, “Patricia V. Lehman” (user name), rec.antiques (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Unusual Mark – made in Cechoslovakia”, Message ID: <34390399.BD7@umich.edu>#1/1
- I’lll have to leave it up to antiques experts to tell you when objects were marked that way, but I can tell you it’s called a “hacek” (with the hat over the “c” and pronounced “hacheck”.) It is used to show that a “c” is pronounced as “ch” and an “s” as “sh.” Sometimes linguists just call it the “hat.”
- 1997 October 6th, “Patricia V. Lehman” (user name), rec.antiques (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Unusual Mark – made in Cechoslovakia”, Message ID: <34390399.BD7@umich.edu>#1/1
- (programming, informal) The caret symbol ^.
- (Internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (Cambridge University slang, obsolete) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
- 1830, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, chapter 32, in Paul Clifford:
- I knew intimately all the 'Hats' in the University, and I was henceforth looked up to by the 'Caps,' as if my head had gained the height of every hat that I knew.
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Synonyms
- (student and nobleman): gold hatband, tuft
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:headwear
Derived terms
- at the drop of a hat
- bowler hat
- brick in one's hat
- buy yourself a hat
- double-hat
- eat one's hat
- hand someone his hat
- hang one's hat on
- hard hat
- hatband
- hat hair
- hat in hand
- hatless
- hat matrix
- hatnote
- hat on a hat
- hat parade
- hatpin
- hats off
- hatstand
- hatter
- hat trick
- home is where you hang your hat
- Medicine Hat
- old hat
- pass the hat
- put one's name in the hat
- take one's hat off to
- talk through one's hat
- throw one's hat in the ring
- triple-hat
- under one's hat
- wear too many hats
- wear two hats
- woolly hat
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: ati
Translations
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See also
Verb
hat (third-person singular simple present hats, present participle hatting, simple past and past participle hatted)
- (transitive) To place a hat on.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
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- (transitive) To appoint as cardinal.
- 1929, "Five New Hats," Time, 2 December, 1929,
- It was truly a breathtaking rise. From the quiet school, Pope Pius XI had jumped Father Verdier over the heads of innumerable Bishops, made him Archbishop of Paris. Soon he was to be hatted a Prince of the Church and put in charge of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
- 1929, "Five New Hats," Time, 2 December, 1929,
- (intransitive) To shop for hats.
- 1920, Katharine Metcalf Roof, The Great Demonstration (page 122)
- We might just go hatting this afternoon […]
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
- Watt's need of semantic succour was at times so great that he would set to trying names on things, and on himself, almost as a woman hats.
- 1920, Katharine Metcalf Roof, The Great Demonstration (page 122)
References
Cimbrian
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /had/, [hæd̥], [hæt]
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hat/
Audio (Germany) (file) - Rhymes: -at
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒt]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɒt
Etymology 1
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← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: hat Nominal: hatos Ordinal: hatodik Day of month: hatodika A.o.: hatodszor, hatodjára Adverbial: hatszor Multiplier: hatszoros Distributive: hatosával Collective: mind a hat Fractional: hatod Number of people: hatan |
From Proto-Ugric *kottĭ, from Proto-Uralic *kutte. Cognates include Finnish kuusi, Mansi хо̄т (hōt), Khanty хәт (xət).
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hat | hatok |
accusative | hatot | hatokat |
dative | hatnak | hatoknak |
instrumental | hattal | hatokkal |
causal-final | hatért | hatokért |
translative | hattá | hatokká |
terminative | hatig | hatokig |
essive-formal | hatként | hatokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | hatban | hatokban |
superessive | haton | hatokon |
adessive | hatnál | hatoknál |
illative | hatba | hatokba |
sublative | hatra | hatokra |
allative | hathoz | hatokhoz |
elative | hatból | hatokból |
delative | hatról | hatokról |
ablative | hattól | hatoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
haté | hatoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
hatéi | hatokéi |
Possessive forms of hat | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | hatom | hataim hatjaim |
2nd person sing. | hatod | hataid hatjaid |
3rd person sing. | hata hatja |
hatai hatjai |
1st person plural | hatunk | hataink hatjaink |
2nd person plural | hatotok | hataitok hatjaitok |
3rd person plural | hatuk hatjuk |
hataik hatjaik |
Derived terms
(Non-institutionalized adjectival compounds with single-element numerals [excerpt]):
hatezres, hatmilliós, hatmilliárdos, hatbilliós; hatméteres, hatcentis, hatkilós, hatdekás, hatgrammos, hattonnás, hatliteres; hatwattos, hatamperes; hatperces, hatórás, hatórai, hatórányi, hatnapi, hatnapos, hathetes, hatheti, hatéves, hatévi, hathavi; hatpercenként, hatóránként, hatnaponta, hatnaponként, hathetente, hathetenként, hathavonta, hathavonként, hatévente, hatévenként; hatfokos, hatfokú, hatirányú, hatoldalas, hatoldalú, hatkötetes, hatdimenziós, hatszázalékos, hatkerekű, hatfős, hatfőnyi, hatnyelvű, hatgyerekes / hatgyermekes, hattagú, hatelemű, hatrészes, hatemeletes, hatrétegű, hatszintes, hatablakos, hatajtós, hatüléses, hatjegyű, hatpontos, hatszavas, hatbetűs, hatsoros; hatforintos, hatdolláros, hateurós; hatlábú, hatágú, hatfejű, hatkezű, hatkarú, hatszemű, hatfülű, hatlevelű.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uralic *kattɜ- (“to penetrate, go ahead, move somewhere”). The suffix -hat/-het originated from this verb.[1] First attested in c. 1372.
Verb
hat
- (intransitive, obsolete) to get, arrive at, pass, progress towards (a certain location)
- 1863, János Arany, Rege a csodaszarvasról (The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt, translated by E.D. Butler)
- Süppedékes mély tavaknak / Szigetére ők behatnak.
- An island fair to reach, they pass / Through treacherous pool and deep morass.
- Süppedékes mély tavaknak / Szigetére ők behatnak.
- 1863, János Arany, Rege a csodaszarvasról (The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt, translated by E.D. Butler)
- (intransitive, archaic or literary) to enter, penetrate
- Synonym: hatol
- (intransitive) to take effect, to be effective, to work
- (intransitive) to affect, to have influence, to act (on something -ra/-re)
- Synonyms: kihat, érint, befolyásol
- (intransitive) to seem, appear (as something -nak/-nek)
Conjugation
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | hatok | hatsz | hat | hatunk | hattok | hatnak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | hatottam | hatottál | hatott | hatottunk | hatottatok | hatottak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | hatnék | hatnál | hatna | hatnánk | hatnátok | hatnának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | hassak | hass or hassál |
hasson | hassunk | hassatok | hassanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | hatni | hatnom | hatnod | hatnia | hatnunk | hatnotok | hatniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
hatás | ható | hatott | ― | hatva | hathat |
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
References
- hat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- (six): hat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (to take effect): hat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hat̪ˠ/
Khalaj
Perso-Arabic | هات |
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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *at.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hat | hatlar |
genitive | hatıyn | hatlarıyn |
dative | hatqa, hata | hatlarqa, hatlara |
definite accusative | hatı | hatları |
locative | hatça | hatlarça |
ablative | hatda(n) | hatlarda(n) |
instrumental | hatla(n) | hatlarla(n) |
equative | hatvâra | hatlarvâra |
quantitative | hatqadar | hatlarqadar |
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Kholosi
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haːt/
Verb
hat
- inflection of hunn:
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural preterite indicative
Verb
hat
- inflection of haen:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hæt, hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hat/
Noun
References
- “hat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.
Related terms
- hate (verb)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑːt/
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɑːt/, [hɑːt]
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *hait.
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | hāt | hāt | hāt |
Accusative | hātne | hāte | hāt |
Genitive | hātes | hātre | hātes |
Dative | hātum | hātre | hātum |
Instrumental | hāte | hātre | hāte |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | hāte | hāta, hāte | hāt |
Accusative | hāte | hāta, hāte | hāt |
Genitive | hātra | hātra | hātra |
Dative | hātum | hātum | hātum |
Instrumental | hātum | hātum | hātum |
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | hāta | hāte | hāte |
Accusative | hātan | hātan | hāte |
Genitive | hātan | hātan | hātan |
Dative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
Instrumental | hātan | hātan | hātan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
Accusative | hātan | hātan | hātan |
Genitive | hātra, hātena | hātra, hātena | hātra, hātena |
Dative | hātum | hātum | hātum |
Instrumental | hātum | hātum | hātum |
Descendants
Etymology 2
From hātan.
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | hāt | hāt |
accusative | hāt | hāt |
genitive | hātes | hāta |
dative | hāte | hātum |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑːt/
audio (Sweden) (file)
Tok Pisin
Adverb
hat
- hard
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:
- Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”
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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خط, from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).