hat
A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder…A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
» She was wearing a black hat.
Sie trug einen schwarzen Hut.
Она была в чёрной шляпе.
На ней была чёрная шляпа.
Вона була в чорному капелюсі.
На ній був чорний капелюх.
Meaning
10 sensesA covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
(figuratively)A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
an informal term for a person's role
(figuratively)Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
(broadly, figuratively)The lottery or draw itself.
We're both in the hat: let's hope we come up against each other.
A hat switch.
Kopfbedeckung, Kappe, Hut
шля́паšljápa, ша́пкаšápka, головно́й убо́рgolovnój ubór
капелю́хkapeljúx, ша́пкаšápka, капелю́хаkapeljúxa
The circumflex symbol.
(nonstandard, rare)The háček symbol.
(informal)The caret symbol ^.
(Internet)User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
(obsolete)A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
Examples
1760 sentencesShe was wearing a black hat.
Вона була в чорному капелюсі.
ruОна была в чёрной шляпе.
deSie trug einen schwarzen Hut.
This is your hat, isn't it?
Це твій капелюх, так?
ruЭто твоя шляпа, нет?
deDas ist dein Hut, oder?
Tom was wearing a black hat.
Том був у чорному капелюсі.
ruТом носил черную шляпу.
deTom trug einen schwarzen Hut.
Tom doesn't always wear a hat.
Том не завжди у шапці.
ruТом не всегда носит шляпу.
Tom doesn't usually wear a hat.
Том зазвичай не носить шапки.
ruТом обычно не носит шляпу.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaFrom Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaps from a late PIE root Proto-Indo-European *kedʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”) or wanderwort.
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Forms
plural: hatsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
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