vat

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
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. (dated) A 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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put into a vat.
2. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

Adj

Designating a vat dye.

Concetti

tino

vasca

tinozza

mastello

mastella

Otre

barattolo

tinozza da concia

cassa

vaso

🫙

sinonimi

tub

tank

cistern

cask

jar

🫙

jug

vessel

barrel

urn

basin

cisterna

container

cooperage

crate

crock

dam

dish

keg

kilderkin

kit

pail

pitcher

pot

receptacle

reservoir

sack

sump

tin

trough

vase

water tank

wooden casks

bathtub

🛁

beck

bottle

bowl

box

📦

bucket

🪣

can

case

chest

Traduzioni

tina

cuve

kuip

Bottich

teil

bak

tobbe

Wanne

tina

cuba

cuba

Bütte

baquet

Zober

Fass

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/væt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: vat

Ereditato da inglese antico: fæt

Affine scozzese: fat

Affine frisone occidentale: fet

Affine olandese: vat

Affine tedesco: Fass

Affine danese: fad

Affine svedese: fat

Affine islandese: fat

In summary

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 fat.