fab

See also: Fab, FAB, F.A.B., F. A. B., F-A-B, and F.-A.-B.

Translingual

Symbol

fab

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Annobonese.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Annobonese terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæb/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From fabulous, by shortening.

Adjective

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

  1. (informal) Fabulous (great or spectacular).[1]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

  1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    The chip fab will double its production next year.
Synonyms

Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

  1. To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products. [2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fab/

Noun

fab (nominative plural fabs)

  1. fable

Declension

Declension of fab
singular plural
nominative fab fabs
genitive faba fabas
dative fabe fabes
accusative fabi fabis
vocative 1 o fab! o fabs!
predicative 2 fabu fabus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaːb/

Noun

fab m

  1. soft mutation of mab

Mutation

Mutated forms of mab
radical soft nasal aspirate
mab fab unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa˥/

Etymology 1

Adjective

fab

  1. weedy, overgrown

Verb

fab

  1. to grow excessively
Derived terms
  • hav fab (“dense grass, overgrown valley”)

Etymology 2

Noun

fab

  1. a division, a section

Classifier

fab

  1. classifier for sections and divisions

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 方 (fāng, “direction”).

Noun

fab

  1. used in xwm fab (“square, four-sided”)

Etymology 4

Verb

fab

  1. to be upset, distressed, confused
  2. to be allergic to
    Nws fab tshuaj tuag. ― It died of allergic reaction to medicine.
Derived terms
  • mob fab (“of a fit or coma after eating something that doesn't agree”)
  • siab fab (“upset, confused”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 42.
  1. ^ Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.
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