praat

From Dutch praten, from Middle Dutch praten.

• IPA^(key): /prɑːt/

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praat (present praat, present participle pratende, past participle gepraat)

1. to talk, to speak

   Praat julle albei Duits?

   Do both of you speak German?

From Middle Dutch praet. Equivalent to a deverbal noun from praat.

• IPA^(key): /praːt/

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• Rhymes: -aːt

praat m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) talk, talking

• Negerhollands: praat
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: prat (dated)

praat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of praten
2. imperative of praten

• apart, raapt

praat

1. Alternative form of praate
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 14:

     But aal a bys do leigh an praat,

     But all the boys do laugh and prate,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131