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NATO

name · noun · phrase · 7 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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  • UK: /ˈneɪ.təʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈneɪ.toʊ/
  • rhymes with -eɪtəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: N EY1 T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of NATO.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, alt-of

Qualifier: generally proscribed in North America

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A tree of the genus Mora

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The wood of such trees

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

phrase

Meaning 6

Acronym of No Action Talk Only.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all talk and no action

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization

History

Etymology

From North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

From National Association of Theatre Owners.

From no+action+talk+only, from talking without acting.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: NAVO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Albanian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Amharic: ኔቶ (neto) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Arabic: الناتُو (an-nātū) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Arabic: حِلْفُ شَمَالِ الأَطْلَسِيّ (ḥilfu šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyy) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Aragonese: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Azerbaijani: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Belarusian: НА́ТА (NÁTA) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Bengali: নেটো (neṭō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Bulgarian: НА́ТО (NÁTO) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Burmese: နေတိုး (netui:) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Catalan: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北約 /北约 (bak1 joek3) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Hakka Chinese: 北約 /北约 (Pet-yok) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Chinese: 北約 /北约 (zh-min-nan) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北約 /北约 (Běiyuē) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Czech: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Danish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Dutch: NAVO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Esperanto: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Estonian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Finnish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • French: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Galician: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Georgian: ნატო (naṭo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • German: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • German: Nato — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Greek: ΝΑΤΟ — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Greek: ΟΒΣ (OVS) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Hebrew: נָאט״וֹ (nát"o) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Hungarian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Icelandic: NATÓ — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Ido: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Indonesian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Interlingua: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Irish: ECAT — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Italian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Italian: N.A.T.O. — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Italian: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Japanese: NATO (Natō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Kazakh: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Khmer: ណាតូ (naatou) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Khmer: អូតង់ (ʼoutɑng) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Korean: 나토 (Nato) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Northern Kurdish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Kyrgyz: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Lao: ເນໂຕ (nē tō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Latvian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Lithuanian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Macedonian: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Malayalam: നാറ്റോ (nāṟṟō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Marathi: नाटो (nāṭo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Mingrelian: ნატო (naṭo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Mongolian: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Norwegian Bokmål: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Iranian Persian: ناتو (nâto) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Polish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Portuguese: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Portuguese: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Romanian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Romanian: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Romanian: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Romanian: ОТАН (OTAN) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Northern Sami: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Slovak: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Slovene: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Spanish: OTAN — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Swedish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Tajik: НАТО — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Thai: นาโต้ (naa-dtôo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Turkish: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Turkish: KAAÖ — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Ukrainian: НА́ТО (NÁTO) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Urdu: نَیٹو (naiṭo) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Uzbek: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Vietnamese: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Welsh: NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Yakut: ХАҮТ (QAÜT) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Yiddish: נאַט״אָ (nat"o) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Zulu: i-NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization