geat

geat

See also: Geat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See gate. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiːt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

geat (plural geats)

  1. (obsolete) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.
    Synonym: sprue
    • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:
      the Geat of the Ladle

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Cimbrian

Verb

geat

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gian

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Participle

geat

  1. past participle of atten

Declension

Declension of geat
uninflected geat
inflected geatte
positive
predicative/adverbial geat
indefinite m./f. sing. geatte
n. sing. geat
plural geatte
definite geatte
partitive geats

Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

  1. nominative plural of gii

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæ͜ɑt/
  • Rhymes: -æ͜ɑt

Noun

ġeat n

  1. gate

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġeat gatu
accusative ġeat gatu
genitive ġeates gata
dative ġeate gatum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate