Fiat

nounattested in dialogue

An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.

noun

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An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.
Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.
We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.
You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.

Etymology

From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).

Forms

plural: Fiats

fiancée · A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one…fiasco · A sudden or unexpected failure.fiat · An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do…

Fiat · An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.

fiber · A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round…fickle · Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not…Fickle · A surname.

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