vat

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Inherited from Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt (“vat, cask, tub”), West Frisian fet, Dutch vat (“barrel, cask, vessel, vat”), German Fass (“barrel, keg, drum, cask, vat”), Danish fad (“saucer, dish”), Swedish fat (“dish, barrel, cask, vat”), Icelandic fat (“dish, saucer”). See Etymology 3 of fat.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bak — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Catalan: calder — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Chinese Mandarin: 缸 (gāng) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Czech: káď — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Czech: sud — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Czech: nádrž — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Dalmatian: tinir — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Finnish: sammio — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Finnish: saavi — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Finnish: soikko — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• French: cuve — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Galician: cuba — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Georgian: ავზი (avzi) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Georgian: როფი (ropi) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Georgian: ბაკი (baḳi) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Georgian: ცისტერნა (cisṭerna) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Georgian: კასრი (ḳasri) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• German: Bottich — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• German: Trog — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• German: Wanne — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• German: Schaff — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Hungarian: dézsa — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Hungarian: kád — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Hungarian: teknő — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Hungarian: tartály — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Icelandic: ker — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Irish: dabhach — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Italian: tino — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Italian: tinozza — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Italian: tinozza da concia — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Kazakh: кеспек (kespek) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Latin: linter — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Latin: cūpa — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Macedonian: каца (kaca) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Māori: tāpu — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Middle English: vat — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Old Saxon: fat — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Persian: خم (xom) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Persian: خمبه (xombe) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Persian: خمره (xomre) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Polish: kadź — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Polish: stągiew — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Portuguese: tonel — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Portuguese: tina — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Russian: чан (čan) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Russian: бак (bak) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Russian: ка́дка (kádka) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Scottish Gaelic: amar — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Scottish Gaelic: coire — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Serbo-Croatian: kaca — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Serbo-Croatian: maštel — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Serbo-Croatian: čabar — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Serbo-Croatian: bačva — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Serbo-Croatian: badanj — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Slovak: bočka — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Slovak: dieža — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Spanish: cuba — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Spanish: tina — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Swedish: kärl — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Ottoman Turkish: تكنه (tekne) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Ottoman Turkish: شرابخانه (şarabhane) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Ottoman Turkish: ماستله (mastela) — a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning
• Afrikaans: BTW — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Armenian: ԱԱՀ (AAH) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Basque: BEZ — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Bulgarian: ДДС (DDS) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Catalan: IVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Chinese Mandarin: 增值稅 /增值税 (zēngzhíshuì) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Czech: DPH — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Danish: moms — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Dutch: btw — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Estonian: km — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Finnish: ALV — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• French: TVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Georgian: დღგ (dɣg) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• German: MwSt. — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Greek: ΦΠΑ (FPA) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Hebrew: מע״מ — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Hungarian: áfa — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Icelandic: VSK — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Icelandic: VASK — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Indonesian: PPN — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Irish: CBL — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Italian: IVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Japanese: 消費税 (shōhizei) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Latvian: PVN — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Lithuanian: PVM — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Norwegian: moms — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Norwegian: mva. — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Polish: VAT — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Portuguese: IVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Romanian: TVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Russian: НДС (NDS) — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Serbo-Croatian: ПДВ — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Serbo-Croatian: PDV — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Slovak: DPH — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Slovene: DDV — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Spanish: IVA — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Spanish: IGV — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Swedish: moms — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Turkish: KDV — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax
• Welsh: TAW — initialism for value-added tax — see also value added tax