FIAT

See also: fiat, Fiat, fiát, and fiât

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Fiat as a backronym. From the tendency of Fiat automobiles to apocryphally be always in need of repair. From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino (“Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin”)

Proper noun

FIAT

  1. Initialism of fix it again Tony.

See also

Etymology 2

From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino

Noun

FIAT (plural FIATs)

  1. Alternative form of Fiat.

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