vat
nomverbeadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- //væt//
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
nom
- 1
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
a vat of liquid
a vat of acid
a vat of wine
a vat of olives
- 2
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
- 3
A vessel for holding holy water.
- 4
vieilliA liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
Étymologie
Inherited from Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt (“vat, cask, tub”), West Frisian fet, Dutch vat (“barrel, cask, vessel, vat”), German Fass (“barrel, keg, drum, cask, vat”), Danish fad (“saucer, dish”), Swedish fat (“dish, barrel, cask, vat”), Icelandic fat (“dish, saucer”). See Etymology 3 of fat.
verbe
- 1
To put into a vat.
- 2
To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
adjectif
- 1
Designating a vat dye.
vat red
vat jade green
Formes
- pluriel
- vats
- passé
- vatted
- participe passé
- vatted
- participe présent
- vatting
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- vats
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