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glatt

adj · name · 3 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.

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  • /ɡlæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æt
  • CMU ARPABET: G L AE1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, broadly, not-comparable

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name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.

South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).