prat

== English == === Alternative forms === pratt === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pɹat/ Rhymes: -æt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English prat, from Old English præt, prætt (“trick, prank, craft, art, wile”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander about”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian prat, Dutch pret (“fun, pleasure, gaity”), obsolete Dutch prat (“cunning, strategem, scheme, a prideful display, arrogance”), Low German prot, Norwegian prette (“trick”), Icelandic prettur (“a trick”). Related to pretty. ==== Noun ==== prat (plural prats) (now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke. [from 10th c.] ===== Related terms ===== pretty ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== prat (comparative more prat, superlative most prat) (obsolete) Cunning, astute. [13th–17th c.] === Etymology 2 === Unknown. Perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1 (see above). ==== Noun ==== prat (plural prats) (slang) A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom. [from 16th c.] 1608, Thomas Dekker, The Canters Dictionarie in The Belman of London (second part Lanthorne and Candlelight) Pratt, a Buttock. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person. [from 20th c.] (slang) The female genitals. [from 17th c.] 1967 (sourced to 1942), William A. Schwartz, The Limerick: 1700 Examples with Notes, Variants and Examples Vol 1, Greenleaf Classics 1967, p. 124: "She's a far better pieceThan the Viceroy's niece,Who has also more fur on her prat." 1984 John Murray, ed, Panurge, Vol 1–3, p. 39: "...they would kidnap a girl and take her back to their camp where they would pull down her knickers, hoping to find hairs on her prat." ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:fool See also Thesaurus:buttocks ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === pratt, in Sex-Lexis.com by Farlex. === Anagrams === TRAP, part, part., patr-, rapt, rtPA, tarp, trap == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin prātum. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpɾat] Rhymes: -at === Noun === prat m (plural prats) meadow ==== Derived terms ==== comí de prat pradenc praderia prat alpí ==== Related terms ==== prada === References === === Further reading === “prat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “prat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “prat”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Dutch == === Etymology === Germanic, cognate with praten (“to talk”), pret (“fun”) and English prat (“trick, prank”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === prat (comparative pratter, superlative pratst) (used with op) focused, bent, fixated (obsolete) proud, haughty, arrogant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== pratachtig pratheid === Noun === prat f (plural pratten, diminutive pratje n) a pride, arrogance the act of pouting or sulking ==== Derived terms ==== pratsch prattig === Anagrams === trap == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [prat] === Verb === prat supine of praś == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German or Low German. ==== Noun ==== prat m (definite singular praten, indefinite plural prater, definite plural pratene) prat n (definite singular pratet, indefinite plural prat, definite plural prata or pratene) chat, talk ===== Derived terms ===== nettprat === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== prat imperative of prate === References === “prat” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German or Low German. === Noun === prat m (definite singular praten, indefinite plural pratar, definite plural pratane) prat n (definite singular pratet, indefinite plural prat, definite plural prata) chat, talk ==== Derived terms ==== nettprat slå ein prat === References === “prat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan prat, from Latin prātum. Cognate with Catalan prat, Spanish prado, French pré, Italian prato. === Pronunciation === (Languedoc) IPA(key): /pɾat/ === Noun === prat m (plural prats) meadow ==== Derived terms ==== == Romanian == === Alternative forms === прат (prat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian prato (“meadow”), from Latin prātum. Most likely borrowed in 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prat/ Rhymes: -at === Noun === prat n (plural praturi) (regional) hayfield Synonyms: fâneață, fânaț, cositură, ceair (regional, rare) meadow Synonyms: pajiște, livadă ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “prat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *prattuz. Compare Dutch praat and English prate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prɑːt/ === Noun === prat n talk, speech, conversation ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== prata (verb) pratminus ==== See also ==== konversation c === References === “prat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “prat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “prat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === part, part.