hat
Betekenis (English)
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- A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
- Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
- A hat switch.
- The háček symbol.
- (informal) The caret symbol ^.
- User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (obsolete) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
Concepts
Synonyms
head-dress
red hat
head cover
cotton hat
kaydee
mother and son
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/hæt/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 (xaoda, “hat”), Persian خود (xud, “helmet”), Welsh cadw (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood.
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