wat

See also: WAT, Wat, wät, wát, and Wät

English

Wat Chai Watthanaram

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Thai วัด (wát).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /wat/, /wɒt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

wat (plural wats)

A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
There are two wats near this village.
Angkor Wat
- 1857, Sir John Bowring, The kingdom and people of Siam, volume 1, page 165:
  Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order to give the men a rest.
- 1982, Carlo Caldarola, Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, page 379:
  Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.
- 1996, James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page 194:
  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 the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]
- 1999, Steve Van Beek; Luca Invernizzi, The arts of Thailand, page 15:
  It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name
- 2003, Joshua Eliot; Jane Bickersteth, Thailand handbook, page 268:
  The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the wat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The wat has a small museum.

Translations

Buddhist temple

Burmese: ဝတ်ကျောင်း (my) (watkyaung:), ဝက် (my) (wak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛寺 (zh) (fósì), 寺院 (zh) (fóyuàn), 漥寺 (wāsì), 洼寺 (wāsì)
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: buddhalainen temppeli, wat (fi)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 寺院 (ja) (じいん, ji'in), ワット (ja) (watto)
Khmer: វត្ត (km) (vŏət)
Korean: 와트 (wateu), 사원(寺院) (ko) (sawon)
Lao: ວັດ (lo) (wat)
Lü: ᦞᧆ (vad)
Malay: wat
Nepali: वाट (wāṭ)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: wat m
Russian: ват (ru) m (vat)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: templo budista m
Thai: วัด (th) (wát)
Tibetan: ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Amharic ወጥ (wäṭ).

Noun

wat

(cooking) A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- [1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.]

Etymology 3

Variation of what, used for humorous effect.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

wat

(informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

Adverb

wat (not comparable)

(informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

Determiner

wat

(informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

Anagrams

ATW, AWT, TWA, Taw, Twa, WTA, taw

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *wat.

Noun

wat

bat

References

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wat, from Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vat/
Audio (file)

Pronoun

wat

(interrogative, non-personal) what
Coordinate term: (personal) wie
Wat het julle gedrink? ― What did you guys drink?
(relative, personal and non-personal, subject and object) who, whom, which, that
die man wat hier woon ― the man who lives here
die huis wat ons gebou het ― the house that we built
(relative, personal and non-personal, with preposition stranding) who, which, that
Synonyms: (without stranding) waar-, (personal only) wie
die meisie wat ek mee gedans het ― the girl who I danced with
die maatskappy wat ek voor gewerk het ― the company that I worked for
(relative, non-personal, before se) whose, of which
Coordinate term: (personal) wie
die land wat se president afgetree het ― the country whose president stepped down

Related terms

watter

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod, compare West Frisian wat, English what, German was, Danish hvad.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑt/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: wat
Rhymes: -ɑt
Homophones: wad, watt

Pronoun

wat

(interrogative) what: e.g. (1) asking for a subject 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?
(relative) what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
(1) Ik weet niet wat ik wil doen. — I don't know what I want to do.
(2) Jij moet afblijven van wat jij daar ziet. — You must not touch what you see there.
(relative) that: e.g. (1) modifying an indefinite pronoun like iets, niets, alles or het enige; (2) modifying an adjective that is used as a noun, usually a superlative
(1) Geef mij maar alles wat eetbaar is. — Please give me everything that is edible.
(2) Het duurste wat er was. — The most expensive that there was.
(relative) which: e.g. (1) modifying the demonstrative pronouns dat and datgene; (2) referring back to an entire sentence
(1) Hij nam precies datgene wat ik had gewild — He took exactly that which 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
(indefinite) something: e.g. (1) as subject; (2) as subject complement
(1) Daar loopt wat rond. — Something there is walking around.
(2) Dat is aardig wat! — That is quite something! [i.e. "That is quite a lot!"]

Usage notes

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

A subclause following the relative pronoun wat is in SOV order.

Descendants

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

Determiner

wat

some
Ik wil graag wat kersen.
I want some cherries please.

Adverb

wat

a bit, somewhat
Hij doet dat wat onbedachtzaam.
He does that somewhat unthoughtfully.

German

Etymology

A regional form adopted into colloquial standard German. In western Germany from Central Franconian wat, from northern Middle High German wat, from northern Old High German hwat, an unshifted relict form possibly due to Frankish influence. In northern Germany from German Low German wat, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat. Doublet of was.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vat/
Audio (file)
Homophone: Watt
Rhymes: -at

Pronoun

wat

(colloquial, regional) alternative form of was
Wat überlegste?
What are you thinking?

Usage notes

Although found in the native lects throughout northern and western Germany, the use of wat in colloquial standard German is most typical of the West (chiefly North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate). It is also heard in some parts of northern and north-eastern Germany, e.g. in and around Berlin. In all these regions, the forms wat and was are used in free variation.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

wat

(interrogative) what
Wat ass däin Numm?
What is your name?
(relative) what
Ech weess net, wat ech maache soll.
I don't know what I should do.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wat/

Pronoun

wat

what

Descendants

Afrikaans: wat
Dutch: wat
Limburgish: waat

Middle English

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from wight.

Noun

wāt

A person.

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

wat

A rabbit.
A hare.

Etymology 3

See entries.

Verb

wat

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

References

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

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wat/

Pronoun

wat (accusative wēne or wen, dative wēme or wem, genitive wes)

(interrogative, neuter) what

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wit, from Proto-West Germanic *wit.

Pronoun

wat

(first person dual personal pronoun) we two, both of us, us two

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwat.

Pronoun

wat

what

Descendants

Middle Dutch: wat
- Afrikaans: wat
- Dutch: wat
- Limburgish: waat

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wadą, whence also Old English wæd, Old Norse vað (Icelandic vað).

Noun

wat n

ford

Declension

Declension of wat (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wat	wat
accusative	wat	wat
genitive	wates	wato
dative	wate	watum
instrumental	watu	—

Descendants

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

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vat/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: wat

Noun

wat m inan

watt

Declension

Declension of wat

	singular	plural
nominative	wat	waty
genitive	wata	watów
dative	watowi	watom
accusative	wat	waty
instrumental	watem	watami
locative	wacie	watach
vocative	wacie	waty

Portuguese

Noun

wat m (plural wats)

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

Scots

Etymology

Related to wet.

Adjective

wat (comparative mair wat, superlative maist wat)

drunk

Transylvanian Saxon

Adverb

wat

what (interrogative)

Vilamovian

wat (1)

Etymology

Dutch watten

Noun

wat f

cotton wool

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwet, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔt/

Pronoun

wat

what (interrogative)
Wat sizze hja?
What are they saying?
what (relative)

wat

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Adverb

Determiner

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

Noun

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Related terms

See also

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Descendants

Determiner

Adverb

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Verb

References

Middle Low German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

North Frisian

Etymology

Pronoun

Old Dutch

Etymology

Pronoun

Descendants

Further reading

Old High German

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Descendants

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese