# fab
## English
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From fabulous, by shortening.

#### Adjective

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)
* (informal) Fabulous (great or spectacular).

##### Derived terms

* fabbo
* fabby
* fabness
* fabtastic
* subfab

### Etymology 2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

#### Noun

fab (plural fabs)
* A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    The chip fab will double its production next year.

##### Synonyms

* fabber
* (microchips): foundry

#### Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)
* To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products.

#### Derived terms

* fabber
* fab lab
* fabless
* prefab

#### Related terms

* fabricate
* fabrication
* fabricator

### References

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

### Anagrams

* AFB, B.F.A., BAF, BFA

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fab/

### Noun

fab (nominative plural fabs)
* fable

#### Declension

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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaːb/

### Noun

fab m
* Soft mutation of mab.

### Mutation

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: /fa˥/

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all (in any sense). Probably borrowed from Chinese 繁 (fán, “luxuriant, lush, numerous”).”

#### Adjective

fab
* weedy, overgrown

#### Verb

fab
* to grow excessively

##### Derived terms

* hav fab (“dense grass, overgrown valley”)

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese 分 (fēn, “division”).”

#### Noun

fab
* a division, a section

#### Classifier

fab
* classifier for sections and divisions

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 4

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Considered a derivative of Etymology 1 by Jaisser. However, seems more likely to be borrowed from Chinese 煩／烦 (fán, “vexation, annoyance”). Not sure if the "having an allergy-like fit" meaning belongs here, or if it's borrowed from some other Chinese word (like 發／发 (fā, “to launch, break out”), see its usage in 發作／发作 (fāzuò, “to have a fit”)).”

#### Verb

fab
* to be upset, distressed, confused
* 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, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 42.
* ↑ Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 28.