prat
English
/pɹat/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English prat inherited from Old English præt inherited from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (deceit, boastful talk, trick, cunning, boastful speech, trickery, idle boastful talk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (rove, wander, wander about).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*brodno-
Gloss
rove, wander, wander about
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fall English
- pertineer English
- pratfall English
- pratt English
- prattery English
- prattish English
- pratty English
- prettification English
- prettiful English
- prettify English
- prettily English
- prettiness English
- pretty English
- prettyish English
- prettyism English
- prettysome English
- unpretty English
- binnenpret Dutch, Flemish
- pret Dutch, Flemish
- pretpakket Dutch, Flemish
- pretpark Dutch, Flemish
- prettig Dutch, Flemish
- voorpret Dutch, Flemish
- *brodno- Proto-Indo-European
- *prattuz Proto-Germanic
- プリティー Japanese
- præt Old English
- prætt Old English
- prat Middle English
- praten Middle English
- prety Middle English
- prettr Old Norse
- prettur Icelandic