fiat
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪæt/ / /ˈfiːæt/ / /ˈfiːət/
name
Etymology: 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”)
- Initialism of fix it again Tony.
noun
Etymology: From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino
- Alternative form of Fiat.
verb
Etymology: From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
- To make (something) happen.
- To issue a fiat.
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