adj · noun · prep · pron · verb · 37 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/æt/
[æʔ]
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rhymes with -æt
/ət/
homophone: (some accents) it
homophone: @
CMU ARPABET:AE1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Initialism of antitank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The at sign (@).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of assistive technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
35
verb
Meaning 35
Rare form of @; to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, informal, neologism, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
36
noun
Meaning 36
100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Laotian monetary unit
37
noun
Meaning 37
a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: astatine, atomic number 85
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, halogen
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).
Across languages
Translations
322 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
në
— in or very near a particular place
Arabic:
عِنْد
(ʕind)
— in or very near a particular place
Arabic:
عند
(ʕand)
— in or very near a particular place
Arabic:
عِنْد
(ʕind)
— in or very near a particular place
Belarusian:
у
(u)
— in or very near a particular place
Belarusian:
ў
(w)
— in or very near a particular place
Belarusian:
пры
(pry)
— in or very near a particular place
Belarusian:
каля́
(kaljá)
— in or very near a particular place
Breton:
e
— in or very near a particular place
Bulgarian:
при
(pri)
— in or very near a particular place
Bulgarian:
до
(do)
— in or very near a particular place
Bulgarian:
на
(na)
— in or very near a particular place
Bulgarian:
у
(u)
— in or very near a particular place
Burmese:
မှာ
(hma)
— in or very near a particular place
Burmese:
၌
(hnai.)
— in or very near a particular place
Catalan:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Chinese Cantonese:
喺
(hai2)
— in or very near a particular place
Chinese Cantonese:
在
(zoi6)
— in or very near a particular place
Chinese Mandarin:
在
— in or very near a particular place
Czech:
u
— in or very near a particular place
Czech:
při
— in or very near a particular place
Danish:
på
— in or very near a particular place
Dutch:
op
— in or very near a particular place
Dutch:
bij
— in or very near a particular place
Esperanto:
ĉe
— in or very near a particular place
Faroese:
í
— in or very near a particular place
Faroese:
á
— in or very near a particular place
Faroese:
hjá
— in or very near a particular place
Faroese:
til
— in or very near a particular place
Finnish:
-lla
— in or very near a particular place
Finnish:
-ssa
— in or very near a particular place
Finnish:
luona
— in or very near a particular place
Finnish:
tykönä
— in or very near a particular place
French:
à
— in or very near a particular place
French:
en
— in or very near a particular place
Galician:
en
— in or very near a particular place
German:
an
— in or very near a particular place
German:
auf
— in or very near a particular place
German:
bei
— in or very near a particular place
German:
in
— in or very near a particular place
German:
zu
— in or very near a particular place
Gothic:
𐌰𐍄
(at)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στον
(ston)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στη
(sti)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στο
(sto)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στους
(stous)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στις
(stis)
— in or very near a particular place
Greek:
στα
(sta)
— in or very near a particular place
Hebrew:
אֵצֶל
('étsel)
— in or very near a particular place
Hindi:
पर
(par)
— in or very near a particular place
Hindi:
में
(mẽ)
— in or very near a particular place
Hindi:
से
(se)
— in or very near a particular place
Hungarian:
-n
— in or very near a particular place
Hungarian:
-on
— in or very near a particular place
Hungarian:
-en
— in or very near a particular place
Hungarian:
-nál
— in or very near a particular place
Icelandic:
í
— in or very near a particular place
Icelandic:
á
— in or very near a particular place
Ido:
ye
— in or very near a particular place
Interlingua:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Interlingua:
apud
— in or very near a particular place
Interlingua:
in
— in or very near a particular place
Irish:
ag
— in or very near a particular place
Italian:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Italian:
in
— in or very near a particular place
Japanese:
...で
(...de)
— in or very near a particular place
Japanese:
... に
(...ni)
— in or very near a particular place
Korean:
-에서
(-eseo)
— in or very near a particular place
Korean:
-에
(-e)
— in or very near a particular place
Central Kurdish:
لە
(le)
— in or very near a particular place
Northern Kurdish:
li
— in or very near a particular place
Lao:
ທີ່
(thī)
— in or very near a particular place
Latgalian:
pi
— in or very near a particular place
Latin:
locative case
— in or very near a particular place
Latin:
ad
— in or very near a particular place
Latin:
apud
— in or very near a particular place
Latvian:
pie
— in or very near a particular place
Lithuanian:
locative case
— in or very near a particular place
Lithuanian:
pas
— in or very near a particular place
Lithuanian:
prie
— in or very near a particular place
Macedonian:
во
(vo)
— in or very near a particular place
Macedonian:
на
(na)
— in or very near a particular place
Macedonian:
кај
(kaj)
— in or very near a particular place
Macedonian:
при
(pri)
— in or very near a particular place
Malay:
di
— in or very near a particular place
Malay:
dekat
— in or very near a particular place
Manchu:
ᡩᡝ
(de)
— in or very near a particular place
Māori:
i
— in or very near a particular place
Māori:
kei
— in or very near a particular place
Māori:
hei
— in or very near a particular place
Māori:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Mon:
ပ္ဍဲ
(pḍay)
— in or very near a particular place
Navajo:
-di
— in or very near a particular place
Navajo:
-gi
— in or very near a particular place
Neapolitan:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Norwegian Bokmål:
på
— in or very near a particular place
Norwegian Nynorsk:
på
— in or very near a particular place
Occitan:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Occitan:
en
— in or very near a particular place
Persian:
در
(dar)
— in or very near a particular place
Polabian:
ai̯
— in or very near a particular place
Polabian:
au̯
— in or very near a particular place
Polish:
w
— in or very near a particular place
Polish:
u
— in or very near a particular place
Polish:
przy
— in or very near a particular place
Portuguese:
em
— in or very near a particular place
Portuguese:
por
— in or very near a particular place
Rapa Nui:
i
— in or very near a particular place
Romani:
kaj
— in or very near a particular place
Romanian:
la
— in or very near a particular place
Russian:
в
(v)
— in or very near a particular place
Russian:
на
(na)
— in or very near a particular place
Russian:
у
(u)
— in or very near a particular place
Russian:
во́зле
(vózle)
— in or very near a particular place
Sardinian:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Sardinian:
in
— in or very near a particular place
Slovak:
v
— in or very near a particular place
Slovak:
pri
— in or very near a particular place
Slovak:
na
— in or very near a particular place
Slovene:
pri
— in or very near a particular place
Slovene:
na
— in or very near a particular place
Slovene:
ob
— in or very near a particular place
Lower Sorbian:
wu
— in or very near a particular place
Lower Sorbian:
pśi
— in or very near a particular place
Spanish:
en
— in or very near a particular place
Sundanese:
dina
— in or very near a particular place
Swahili:
karibu na
— in or very near a particular place
Swedish:
på
— in or very near a particular place
Swedish:
vid
— in or very near a particular place
Tamil:
-இல்
(-il)
— in or very near a particular place
Telugu:
వద్ద
(vadda)
— in or very near a particular place
Thai:
ที่
(tîi)
— in or very near a particular place
Tibetan:
ལ
(la)
— in or very near a particular place
Tok Pisin:
long
— in or very near a particular place
Turkish:
-da
— in or very near a particular place
Turkish:
-de
— in or very near a particular place
Ukrainian:
у
(u)
— in or very near a particular place
Ukrainian:
в
(v)
— in or very near a particular place
Ukrainian:
при
(pry)
— in or very near a particular place
Ukrainian:
біля́
(biljá)
— in or very near a particular place
Vietnamese:
ở tại
— in or very near a particular place
Vietnamese:
lúc
— in or very near a particular place
Vietnamese:
vào
— in or very near a particular place
Vietnamese:
ở
— in or very near a particular place
Volapük:
pö
— in or very near a particular place
Walloon:
a
— in or very near a particular place
Welsh:
yn
— in or very near a particular place
Welsh:
mewn
— in or very near a particular place
Welsh:
wrth
— in or very near a particular place
Welsh:
ger
— in or very near a particular place
Woiwurrung:
jeyou
— in or very near a particular place
Zealandic:
bie
— in or very near a particular place
Zealandic:
in
— in or very near a particular place
Zealandic:
nessens
— in or very near a particular place
Albanian:
në
— indicating time
Arabic:
فِي
(fī)
— indicating time
Arabic:
عِنْدَ
(ʕinda)
— indicating time
Arabic:
في
(fi)
— indicating time
Arabic:
في
(fi)
— indicating time
Breton:
da
— indicating time
Bulgarian:
в
(v)
— indicating time
Bulgarian:
във
(vǎv)
— indicating time
Bulgarian:
на
(na)
— indicating time
Bulgarian:
през
(prez)
— indicating time
Burmese:
မှာ
(hma)
— indicating time
Burmese:
၌
(hnai.)
— indicating time
Catalan:
a
— indicating time
Cornish:
dhe
— indicating time
Czech:
v
— indicating time
Danish:
på
— indicating time
Dutch:
om
— indicating time
Esperanto:
je
— indicating time
Finnish:
-lta
— indicating time
Finnish:
-ltä
— indicating time
Finnish:
-na
— indicating time
French:
à
— indicating time
German:
um
— indicating time
Gothic:
𐌰𐍄
(at)
— indicating time
Greek:
στον
(ston)
— indicating time
Greek:
στη
(sti)
— indicating time
Greek:
στο
(sto)
— indicating time
Greek:
στους
(stous)
— indicating time
Greek:
στις
(stis)
— indicating time
Greek:
στα
(sta)
— indicating time
Hungarian:
-kor
— indicating time
Icelandic:
á
— indicating time
Icelandic:
í
— indicating time
Interlingua:
a
— indicating time
Irish:
ag
— indicating time
Irish:
ar
— indicating time
Italian:
a
— indicating time
Japanese:
...に
(...ni)
— indicating time
Korean:
-에
(-e)
— indicating time
Central Kurdish:
لە
(le)
— indicating time
Northern Kurdish:
li
— indicating time
Macedonian:
во
(vo)
— indicating time
Malay:
pada
— indicating time
Maltese:
fi
— indicating time
Manchu:
ᡩᡝ
(de)
— indicating time
Mòcheno:
um
— indicating time
Polish:
o
— indicating time
Polish:
w
— indicating time
Portuguese:
a
— indicating time
Romanian:
la
— indicating time
Russian:
в
(v)
— indicating time
Slovak:
o
— indicating time
Slovene:
ob
— indicating time
Spanish:
a
— indicating time
Spanish:
ad
— indicating time
Swedish:
vid
— indicating time
Tamil:
-கு
(-ku)
— indicating time
Tamil:
-இல்
(-il)
— indicating time
Ukrainian:
о
(o)
— indicating time
Vietnamese:
lúc
— indicating time
Volapük:
tü
— indicating time
Walloon:
a
— indicating time
Welsh:
am
— indicating time
Welsh:
ar
— indicating time
Albanian:
në
— in the direction of
Arabic:
صَوْب
(ṣawb)
— in the direction of
Arabic:
ناحية
(naḥyet)
— in the direction of
Bulgarian:
при
(pri)
— in the direction of
Bulgarian:
на
(na)
— in the direction of
Bulgarian:
по вре́ме на
(po vréme na)
— in the direction of