hat

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
3. (figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
4. (broadly, figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
5. A hat switch.
6. (nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
7. (informal) The caret symbol ^.
8. (Internet) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
9. (obsolete) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).

Verb

1. (transitive) To place a hat on.
2. (transitive) To appoint as cardinal.
3. (intransitive) To shop for hats.

Verb

simple past of hit

Synonyms

cap

skullcap

headgear

lid

crown

👑

bamboo

🎍

bonnet

chapeau

headwear

helmet

hood

head-dress

headdress

beret

head covering

red hat

circumflex

head cover

cotton hat

kaydee

caret

role

roof

sombrero

tiara

tit for tat

wedge

mother and son

pileus

hacek

crest

coif

fedora

decorated

gourd

hairdo

hat trick

headband

Translations

chapeau

👒

sombrero

👒

Hut

👒

cappello

👒

hoed

👒

chapéu

👒

bonnet

καπέλο

barret

👒

şapka

👒

calotte

Mütze

capell

👒

berretto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hæt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hat

Inherited from Old English: hætt

Cognate with Northern Frisian: hat

Cognate with Danish: hat

Cognate with Swedish: hatt

Cognate with Icelandic: hattur

Cognate with Latin: cassis

Cognate with Lithuanian: kudas

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀

Cognate with Persian: خود

Cognate with Welsh: cadw

In summary

From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaps from a late PIE root Proto-Indo-European *kedʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”) or wanderwort.
Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Finnish hattu (“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.

Sentences

I forgot my hat .