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hat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hæt/ (Australia, US)
  • /hæ̞ʔ/ (Northwestern, US)
  • /hat/ (California, Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /hɛt/ (New-Zealand, Northern-US)

Etymology

From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaps from a late PIE root Proto-Indo-European *kedʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”) or wanderwort. Cognate with North Frisian and Danish hat (“hat”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Finnish hattu (“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. Verb sense 4 derives from a common English Wikipedia template used to collapse disruptive discussions, {{Hidden archive top}}, abbreviated as {{hat}}.

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • Denzel walks. Will Smith walks. Mark Wahlberg is wearing a hat! 2009, “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions”performed by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell, and J. J. Abrams:
    • 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. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:
  2. (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
    • It's all a matter of hats, Minister. 1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds):
    • My mother was wearing several hats in the early fifties: hostess, scout, wife, and mother. 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:
  3. (figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
  4. (broadly, figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery. ▸ The lottery or draw itself.
    • We're both in the hat: let's hope we come up against each other.
  5. A hat switch.
    • 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, page 139:
  6. The circumflex symbol.
  7. (nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
    • 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
  8. (informal) The caret symbol ^.
  9. (Internet) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
  10. (obsolete, qualifier:Cambridge University slang) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
    • 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. 1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter 32, in Paul Clifford:

Forms

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Deriveds

fire shovel hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sailor hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat peach (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tin foil hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pass the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatmaker (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatiquette (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · inverted hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · ski hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · chip hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · toss one's name in the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · old-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat tournament (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · coonskin hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · flat as your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · halo hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat on a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · boonie hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pick from a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · low-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · deerstalker hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Red Hatter (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatbrim (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bobble hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tinfoil hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pope hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · gypsy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · buckled hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · gimme hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hard hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · witch hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's hat over the windmill (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · printer's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatrack (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tin-foil hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat tree (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · turdhat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · moneyhatting (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · you Jimmy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · top-hat transform (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hi-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatpeg (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wizard hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Abraham Lincoln hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat over the windmill (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · four winds hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · buckle hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · aureole hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · put that in your hat and wear it (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatstand (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pull out of a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pull a rabbit out of a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatbox (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Irish country hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw into a cocked hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · put one's name in the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · black as your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · steeple hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Coke hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · brass hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · peach basket hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · chimney-pot hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · crush hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat trick (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · under one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · black as my hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · white top-hat transform (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat-stand (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · conical hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatguard (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · rice hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · fruit basket hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · woolly hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cocked hat double (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · church hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · toss one's hat in the ring (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · rainhat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · black top-hat transform (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat head (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Pamela hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Homburg hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hang up one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · baseball hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat-trick (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · dunce hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · toss one's hat into the ring (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · jim hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's name in the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bucket hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Bavarian hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · my hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sauna hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · grey hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · ten-gallon hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Santa hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · talk through one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · picture hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · 10-gallon hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatter (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · double-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cartwheel hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Gainsborough hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cork hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bowler hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · rasta hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · plug hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cocked hat curve (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sedge hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat in hand (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · campaign hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Medicine Hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Kossuth hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · silk hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hats off (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · put a hat on a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tiny hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · buy yourself a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pilgrim's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatstring (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · witch's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hattock (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatfish (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · coolie hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatless (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Tyrolean hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sugar-loaf hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Panama hat palm (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Mexican hat plant (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatlike (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pick out of a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wear two hats (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · gray hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Alpine hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatnote (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · trapper hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · triple-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatinator (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · give hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · eat one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat dance (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · lampshade hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cocked hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pilgrim hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · angel hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pussy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · high-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · top-hat pension (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · shovel hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat block (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · beach hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Pilgrim hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · knock into a cocked hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hold onto your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · purple hat therapy (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatcheck (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · doff one's hat to (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatrail (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pull out of the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · x-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Mexican hat dance (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · black hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · beer hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · does the Pope wear a funny hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hang one's hat on (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · beat into a cocked hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat palm (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · shaving hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · red hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Polly Crockett hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · stovepipe hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · legionnaire hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · giggle hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bowler hat out (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatmaking (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Cordovan hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · porkpie hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · fruit hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · carpenter's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · old hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · take one's hat off to (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pull a rabbit from a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatbrush (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · with hat in hand (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pressman's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat town (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sun hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · deerslayer hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pink hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's hat over the fence (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cowgirl hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · America's Hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Mexican hat cell (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · little hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pillbox hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hang onto your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Chinese hat snail (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Hat Head (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · all hat and no cowboy (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bottom-hat transform (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · safety hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Dappy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wide-awake hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · mushroom hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · have a brick in one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · paddy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cocktail hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hand someone their hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Mexican hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hand someone his hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · terai hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · white hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · asshat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Asian conical hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · straw-hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tip one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · coon-skin hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Panama hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · all hat and no cattle (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · at the drop of a hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · party hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat rack (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · give someone his hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · home is where you hang your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · give someone their hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · flat as my hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · put that in your hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Mickey Mouse hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tin hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · small hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · top hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat-rack (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Davy Crockett hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Gordie Howe hat trick (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Pilgrim's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · jimmy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatband (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · trucker hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · brick in one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pot hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's hat in the ring (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat parade (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · craphat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · rain hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bad hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tip of the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · straw hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · tembel hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · sunhat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatpin (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wideawake hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Australian bush hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · woolhat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's hat into the ring (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · unhat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · top-hat plan (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · throw one's hat over the wall (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Cossack hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · trooper hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · opera hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Davey Crockett hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat tip (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · paper hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · slouch hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wear too many hats (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Welsh hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · service hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hang one's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatty (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pass round the hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hatful (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · Akubra hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · pork pie hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · wizard's hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat matrix (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · crap hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · kettle hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · cowboy hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat hair (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · bowl hat (Terms derived from hat (noun)) · hat stand (Terms derived from hat (noun))

Descendants

ati

Hypernyms

headwear

Relateds

take one's hat off to

Synonyms

cap · gold hatband (student and nobleman) · tuft (student and nobleman)

Translations (301)

kmr kûm (a head covering) · de Mütze (a head covering) · bg ша́пка (a head covering) · sh шкрлак (a head covering) · az qalpaq (a head covering) · cy het (a head covering) · el καπέλο (a head covering) · ms توڤي (a head covering) · oc capèl (a head covering) · hi टोपी (a head covering) · chn seahpo (a head covering) · cy diddosben (a head covering) · la petasus (a head covering) · mn малгай (a head covering) · syl ꠐꠇꠤ (a head covering) · ar بُرْنَيْطَة (a head covering) · sh ша̏пка (a head covering) · kk бас киім (a head covering) · nb lue (a head covering) · da kasket (a role or capacity) · vi(a head covering) · ckb کِڵاو (a head covering) · nl petje (a role or capacity) · izh šlääppi (a head covering) · hy գլխարկ (a head covering) · ru шля́па (a head covering) · de Kappe (a head covering) · lv mice (a head covering) · fo hattur (a head covering) · zza kelaw (a head covering) · tl sumbrero (a head covering) · mr टोपी (a head covering) · pa ਟੋਪੀ (a head covering) · kl nasaq (a head covering) · rsk калап (a head covering) · til nəš-ditk̓iqʷú-tən (a head covering) · gv edd (a head covering) · mrc kpur (a head covering) · zh 帽仔 (a head covering) · kl qaannguusaq (a head covering) · km មួក (a head covering) · cdo(a head covering) · kk бөрік (a head covering) · mnp(a head covering) · cic yaalhipa (a head covering) · chn siyapuɬ (a head covering) · scn copricapu (a head covering) · grc πέτασος (a head covering) · ms topi (a head covering) · pt chapéu (a head covering) · mi pōtae (a head covering) · hi टोप (a head covering) · qu chuku (a head covering) · rup cãciulã (a head covering) · sv mössa (a head covering) · la mitella (a head covering) · mk ша́пка (a head covering) · sh кло̀бӯк (a head covering) · tr başlık (a head covering) · fy hoed (a head covering) · et müts (a head covering) · rm chapè (a head covering) · pl czapka (a head covering) · vec capel (a head covering) · es sueste (a head covering) · gl rodopergo (a head covering) · ar قُبَّعَة (a head covering) · vo hät (a head covering) · la capellus (a head covering) · yue(a head covering) · rue колоп (a head covering) · ba эшләпә (a head covering) · tk şlýapa (a head covering) · pl kłobuk (a head covering) · so koofiyad (a head covering) · win wookąnąk (a head covering) · nrf chapé (a head covering) · fr casquette (a role or capacity) · hu kalap (a head covering) · az papaq (a head covering) · gu ટોપી (a head covering) · ar طاقيّة (a head covering) · ojb wiiwakwaan (a head covering) · de Huet (a head covering) · la causia (a head covering) · myv вазь (a head covering) · nrf capé (a head covering) · gl chapeu (a head covering) · oj wiiwakwaan (a head covering) · my ဦးထုပ် (a head covering) · or ଟୋପୀ (a head covering) · uz qalpoq (a head covering) · ro pălărie (a head covering) · tpw akangaóba (a head covering) · pa ٹوپی (a head covering) · is hattur (a head covering) · fr chapeau (a head covering) · tg кулоҳ (a head covering) · frr hödj (a head covering) · nl pet (a role or capacity) · kea txapéu (a head covering) · kmr kulik (a head covering) · alt бӧрӱк (a head covering) · xh umnqwazi (a head covering) · az şlyapa (a head covering) · af hoed (a head covering) · th หัวโขน (a role or capacity) · nl hoed (a head covering) · az başlıq (a head covering) · grc πῖλος (a head covering) · ln ekoti (a head covering) · gun xapeo (a head covering) · roa-gal chapai (a head covering) · lki کِڵاو (a head covering) · mnc ᠮᠠᡥᠠᠯᠠ (a head covering) · apw chʼah (a head covering) · am ቆብ (a head covering) · dz ཞྭམོ། (a head covering) · ceb kalo (a head covering) · es sombrero (a head covering) · cs klobouk (a head covering) · ga hata (a head covering) · ru головно́й убо́р (a head covering) · ak ɛkyɛw (a head covering) · kw hatt (a head covering) · th หมวก (a head covering) · frr hud (a head covering) · ht chapo (a head covering) · tr kalpak (a head covering) · ug قالپاق (a head covering) · hu minőség (a role or capacity) · yi הוט (a head covering) · is höfuðfat (a head covering) · te టోపి (a head covering) · sh klòbūk (a head covering) · zh мозы (a head covering) · vi nón (a head covering) · sw kofia (a head covering) · ug شەپكە (a head covering) · lad sombrero (a head covering) · ca capell (a head covering) · cjy 帽子 (a head covering) · yi קאַפּעליוש (a head covering) · io chapelo (a head covering) · bo ཞྭ་མོ (a head covering) · alt шляпа (a head covering) · gl pucho (a head covering) · orv колпакъ (a head covering) · rcf sapo (a head covering) · izh hattu (a head covering) · zh 帽子 (a head covering) · st katiba (a head covering) · fur cjapiel (a head covering) · lv platmale (a head covering) · rup capelã (a head covering) · ko 모자 (a head covering) · si තොප්පිය (a head covering) · la pileus (a head covering) · gld апон (a head covering) · nap cappiello (a head covering) · ti ባርኔጣ (a head covering) · haw pāpale (a head covering) · nay kurlinyeri (a head covering) · tk telpek (a head covering) · tt калпак (a head covering) · as টুপী (a head covering) · mba kalo (a head covering) · chr ᎠᎵᏍᏇᏔᏬᎩ (a head covering) · srn ati (a head covering) · eo ĉapelo (a head covering) · ug دوپپا (a head covering) · he כּוֹבַע (a head covering) · tr şapka (a head covering) · tk şapka (a head covering) · mfe sapo (a head covering) · sdh کِڵاو (a head covering) · wa tchapea (a head covering) · ce куоьртахтуьлум (a head covering) · sah бэргэһэ (a head covering) · scn cappeddu (a head covering) · esu esslaapaq (a head covering) · umb etepa (a head covering) · dsb kłobyk (a head covering) · cv шлепке (a head covering) · vec capelo (a head covering) · mww mom (a head covering) · da hat (a head covering) · sh škrlak (a head covering) · ak kyɛw (a head covering) · uk капелю́ха (a head covering) · it cappello (a head covering) · mr टोप (a head covering) · kn ಟೋಪಿ (a head covering) · nn hatt (a head covering) · sva ფაყვ (a head covering) · ovd att (a head covering) · de Kopfbedeckung (a head covering) · lad chapeo (a head covering) · osa óoląke (a head covering) · tt эшләпә (a head covering) · fr couvre-chef (a head covering) · mn ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ (a head covering) · uk ша́пка (a head covering) · za mauh (a head covering) · ce куй (a head covering) · sv hatt (a head covering) · ml തൊപ്പി (a head covering) · gan 帽子 (a head covering) · fi hattu (a head covering) · bn টুপি (a head covering) · kxd tupi (a head covering) · pdt Hoot (a head covering) · szl kłobuk (a head covering) · ota شاپقه (a head covering) · evn авун (a head covering) · mwl chapéu (a head covering) · ta குல்லா (a head covering) · ang hætt (a head covering) · eu kapela (a head covering) · frp chapél (a head covering) · hsb kłobuk (a head covering) · nrf chape (a head covering) · ast gorru (a head covering) · sh šèšīr (a head covering) · yi שליאַפּע (a head covering) · kmr kulav (a head covering) · ps ټوپۍ (a head covering) · wuu 帽子 (a head covering) · be капялю́ш (a head covering) · gl chambergo (a head covering) · el πίλος (a head covering) · tl sambalilo (a head covering) · rgn capéll (a head covering) · hu szerep (a role or capacity) · ru ша́пка (a head covering) · gl sombreiro (a head covering) · sl klobuk (a head covering) · fa کُلاه (a head covering) · ti ቆብዕ (a head covering) · id topi (a head covering) · bo དབུ་ཞྭ (a head covering) · sq kapelë (a head covering) · ja 帽子 (a head covering) · ar قُبَّعة (a head covering) · kk қалпақ (a head covering) · uz shapka (a head covering) · ky шапке (a head covering) · sh šȁpka (a head covering) · nb hatt (a head covering) · fa کُلَاه (a head covering) · mk ка́па (a head covering) · os худ (a head covering) · lb Hutt (a head covering) · lo ໝວກ (a head covering) · ky калпак (a head covering) · ar بِرْنِيطَة (a head covering) · lv cepure (a head covering) · li hood (a head covering) · ky баш кийим (a head covering) · orv шляпа (a head covering) · nv chʼah (a head covering) · sk klobúk (a head covering) · az şapka (a head covering) · ca barret (a head covering) · ur ٹوپی (a head covering) · hu sapka (a head covering) · tr gabbella (a head covering) · pl kapelusz (a head covering) · sw chapeo (a head covering) · av тӏагъур (a head covering) · uli chaolfach (a head covering) · be ша́пка (a head covering) · lt skrybėlė (a head covering) · ta தொப்பி (a head covering) · ps پټاخه (a head covering) · uk капелю́х (a head covering) · wyi komperkawang (a head covering) · ccc sompelelo (a head covering) · mt kappell (a head covering) · hak 帽仔 (a head covering) · gl galero (a head covering) · osp sonblero (a head covering) · dv ތޮފި (a head covering) · ps خولۍ (a head covering) · gd ad (a head covering) · osp sonbrero (a head covering) · zdj gora (a head covering) · gur zuvõka class 3/4 (a head covering) · aii ܟܘܼܣܝܼܬܵܐ (a head covering) · lt kepurė (a head covering) · za bongj (a head covering) · ur ٹوپ (a head covering) · hu fejfedő (a head covering) · ks ٹوٗپؠ (a head covering) · de Hut (a head covering) · sk čiapka (a head covering) · ky бөрк (a head covering) · ems slaapaq (a head covering) · ky шляпа (a head covering) · sh шѐшӣр (a head covering) · ka ქუდი (a head covering)

wikidata: Q80151 · wikipedia: hat

Source: en.wiktionary, “hat” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

hat en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hæt/ (Australia, US)
  • /hæ̞ʔ/ (Northwestern, US)
  • /hat/ (California, Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /hɛt/ (New-Zealand, Northern-US)

Etymology

From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaps from a late PIE root Proto-Indo-European *kedʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”) or wanderwort. Cognate with North Frisian and Danish hat (“hat”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Finnish hattu (“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. Verb sense 4 derives from a common English Wikipedia template used to collapse disruptive discussions, {{Hidden archive top}}, abbreviated as {{hat}}.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To place a hat on.
    • After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
  2. (transitive) To appoint as cardinal.
    • 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 December 2, “Five New Hats”, in Time:
  3. (intransitive) To shop for hats.
    • We might just go hatting this afternoon […] 1920, Katharine Metcalf Roof, The Great Demonstration, page 122:
    • 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. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
  4. (taxonomic:Wikimedia jargon, transitive) To collapse with a template a part of a discussion due to it being overly long, disruptive, or already addressed.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hatted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hatted Tense=Past lexicographic
hats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hatting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

rehat

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Source: en.wiktionary, “hat” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

hat en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hæt/ (Australia, US)
  • /hæ̞ʔ/ (Northwestern, US)
  • /hat/ (California, Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /hɛt/ (New-Zealand, Northern-US)

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, form-of, obsolete, past) simple past of hit
    form of hit

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