vat – English noun declension

English noun forms of vat

Noun: vat
Singularvat
Pluralvats

Sample Sentences

  • a vat of liquid
  • a vat of acid
  • a vat of wine
  • a vat of olives
  • a vat of fat
  • a vat of glue

Etymology

1. 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”).
2. 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. See: Middle English Nouns 'vat', Middle English Nouns 'vat', Old English Nouns 'fæt', Dutch Nouns 'vat', German Nouns 'Fass', Danish Nouns 'fad', Swedish Nouns 'fat', Icelandic Nouns 'fat'.

Verbs referencing "vat"

German Nouns Fass.