Borrowed fromThaiวัด(wát).

• (UK)IPA^(key):/wat/,/wɒt/

• Audio(Southern England):

  (file)

wat (pluralwats)

1. ABuddhisttemple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

   There are twowats near this village.

   AngkorWat

   • 1857, Sir John Bowring,The kingdom and people of Siam, volume 1, page165:

     Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at awat, in order to give the men a rest.

   • 1982, Carlo Caldarola,Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, page379:

     Aside from its religious function in the community, thewat also performs a large variety of social functions.

   • 1996, James Bissett Pratt,The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page194:

     It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of thewats or temples it hardly appears at all,[…]

   • 1999, Steve Van Beek with Luca Invernizzi,The arts of Thailand, page15:

     It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of awat by examining its name

   • 2003, Joshua Eliot with Jane Bickersteth,Thailand handbook, page268:

     The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to thewat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. Thewat has a small museum.

• chedi
• pagoda
• stupa
•  wat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowing fromAmharicወጥ(wäṭ).

wat

1. (cooking) A kind ofstew orcurry eaten inEthiopia andEritrea.
   • [1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, inThe New York Times‎^[1],→ISSN:

     In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews calledwats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.]

Variation ofwhat, used for humorous effect.

• (UK,US)IPA^(key):/wæ(ː)t/
• Rhymes:-æt

wat

1. (informal,Internet,text messaging)Alternative spelling ofwhat

wat (notcomparable)

1. (informal,Internet,text messaging)Alternative spelling ofwhat

wat

1. (informal,Internet,text messaging)Alternative spelling ofwhat

• ATW,AWT,TWA,Taw,Twa,WTA,taw

FromProto-Great Andamanese*wat.

wat

1. bat
2. flying fox

• Juliette Blevins,Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 (2009)

FromDutchwat, fromMiddle Dutchwat, fromOld Dutchwat, fromProto-Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷód,*kʷod.

• IPA^(key):/vat/

• Audio:

  (file)

wat

1. (interrogative, non-personal)what

   Coordinate term:(personal)wie

   Wat het julle gedrink? ―What did you guys drink?

2. (relative, personal and non-personal, subject and object)who,whom,which,that

   die manwat hier woon ―the manwho lives here

   die huiswat ons gebou het ―the housethat we built

3. (relative, personal and non-personal, withpreposition stranding)who,which,that

   Synonyms:(without stranding)waar-,(personal only)wie

   die meisiewat ekmee gedans het ―the girlwho I dancedwith

   die maatskappywat ekvoor gewerk het ―the companythat I workedfor

4. (relative, non-personal, beforese)whose, of which

   Coordinate term:(personal)wie

   die landwatse president afgetree het ―the countrywhose president stepped down

• watter

FromMiddle Dutchwat, fromOld Dutchwat, fromProto-West Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷód,*kʷod, compareWest Frisianwat,Englishwhat,Germanwas,Danishhvad.

• IPA^(key):/ʋɑt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:wat
• Rhymes:-ɑt
• Homophones:wad,watt

wat

1. (interrogative)what: e.g. (1) asking for asubject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object

   (1)Wat is dat? —What is that?

   (2)Wat wil je doen? —What do you want to do?

2. (relative)what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto

   (1)Ik weet nietwat ik wil doen. — I don't knowwhat I want to do.

   (2)Jij moet afblijven vanwat jij daar ziet. — You must not touchwhat you see there.

3. (relative)that: e.g. (1) modifying anindefinite pronoun likeiets,niets,alles orhet enige; (2) modifying anadjective that is used as a noun, usually a superlative

   (1)Geef mij maar alleswat eetbaar is. — Please give me everything that is edible.

   (2)Het duurstewat er was. — The most expensivethat there was.

4. (relative)which: e.g. (1) modifying thedemonstrative pronounsdat anddatgene; (2) referring back to an entire sentence

   (1)Hij nam precies datgenewat ik had gewild — He took exactly thatwhich I had wanted.

   (2)Jantje deed het in z’n broek,wat zijn moeder in verlegenheid bracht. — John did it in his pants,which embarrassed his mother

5. (indefinite)something: e.g. (1) as subject; (2) as subject complement

   (1)Daar looptwat rond. —Something there is walking around.

   (2)Dat is aardigwat! — That is quitesomething! [i.e. "That is quite a lot!"]

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form apronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpartwaar. See alsoCategory:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

A subclause following the relative pronounwat is inSOV order.

• Berbice Creole Dutch:wa,wati
• Javindo:wat
• Jersey Dutch:wāt,wot
• Negerhollands:wat,awa,wa
• Petjo:wat
• Skepi Creole Dutch:what

wat

1. some

   Ik wil graagwat kersen. ―I wantsome cherries please.

2. (exclamative)what (a),such

   Wat een onzin! ―What nonsense!

With uncountable, or countable nouns.

wat

1. a bit,somewhat

   Synonyms:een beetje,een tikkeltje

   Hij doet datwat onbedachtzaam. ―He does thatsomewhat unthoughtfully.

2. (exclamative)how,so

   Wat leuk! ―How nice!

A regional form adopted into colloquial standard German. In western Germany fromCentral Franconianwat, from northernMiddle High Germanwat, from northernOld High Germanhwat, anunshifted relict form possibly due toFrankish influence. In northern Germany fromGerman Low Germanwat, fromMiddle Low Germanwat, fromOld Saxonhwat.Doublet ofwas.

• IPA^(key):/vat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone:Watt
• Rhymes:-at

wat

1. (colloquial,regional)alternative form ofwas

   Wat überlegste?

   What are you thinking?

• Although found in the native lects throughout northern and western Germany, the use ofwat in colloquial standard German is most typical of the West (chieflyNorth Rhine-Westphalia andRhineland-Palatinate). It is also heard in some parts of northern and north-eastern Germany, e.g. in and aroundBerlin. In all these regions, the formswat andwas are used in free variation.

• http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-1/f17a-c/

FromMiddle High Germanwaz, fromOld High Germanwaz.

• IPA^(key):/vaːt/(stressed)
• IPA^(key):/vɑt/(unstressed)
• Rhymes:-aːt,-ɑt

wat

1. (interrogative)what

   Wat ass däin Numm?

   What is your name?

2. (relative)what

   Ech weess net,wat ech maache soll.

   I don't knowwhat I should do.

FromOld Dutchwat

• IPA^(key):/wat/

wat

1. what

• Afrikaans:wat
• Dutch:wat
• Limburgish:waat

• “wat (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wat (I)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page I

Uncertain; possibly fromwight.

wāt

1. Aperson.

Uncertain.

wat

1. Arabbit.
2. Ahare.

See entries.

wat

1. Alternative form ofwait,wath,wet,what,whate,whete,witen,wode,wold,woth,weten,wacche,wacchen,wachet,watchinges,wate,walte,weiten,witien.

• Middle English Dictionary,"wāt n.1", "wat n.2", & "wat".

FromOld Saxonhwat

• IPA^(key):/wat/

wat (accusativewēneorwen,dativewēmeorwem,genitivewes)

1. (interrogative,neuter)what

FromOld Frisianhwet, fromProto-West Germanic*hwat.

wat(Föhr-Amrum,Sylt,Mooring)

1. what(which thing)

FromOld Frisian*wit, fromProto-West Germanic*wit.

wat(dated onSylt, elsewhereobsolete)

1. wetwo, the two of us(first-person dual personal pronoun)

FromProto-West Germanic*hwat.

wat

1. what

• Middle Dutch:wat
  • Afrikaans:wat
  • Dutch:wat
  • Limburgish:waat

• “wat”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

• IPA^(key):/wɑːt/

wāt

1. first/third-personsingularpresent ofwitan

FromProto-Germanic*wadą, whence also Old Englishwæd, Old Norsevað (Icelandicvað).

wat n

1. ford

• Middle High German:*wat,*wate(perhaps)
  • German:Wate f(dialectal; may also be deverbal)

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

• IPA^(key):/ˈvat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-at
• Syllabification:wat
• Homophones:VAT,Wat,WAT

Named after Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemistJames Watt.

wat m inan

1. watt(derived unit of power)

The alternative, colloquial genitive plural formwat is proscribed.

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

wat f

1. genitiveplural ofwata

• wat inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wat m (pluralwats)

1. wat(a type of Buddhist temple common in Southeast Asia)

Related towet.

wat (comparativewatter,superlativewattest)

1. wet
2. drunk

wat

1. what(interrogative)

Dutchwatten

wat f

1. cotton wool

FromOld Frisianhwet, fromProto-West Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Germanic*hwat, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷód.

• IPA^(key):/vɔt/

wat

1. what (interrogative)

   Wat sizze hja?

   What are they saying?

2. what (relative)

• “wat”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011