Fiat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Fiat (plural Fiats)
- An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..
- 1997 Jill Nagle: Whores and Other Feminists (page 160) [1]
- Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.
- 2003 -- Mary-Rose MacColl: Killing Superman (page 108) [2]
- We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.
- 2005 -- Chris Bonner: Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia Care-based Therapy (page 13) [3]
- You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.
- 1997 Jill Nagle: Whores and Other Feminists (page 160) [1]
Derived terms[edit]
- (slang): FIAT
- (derogatory): fix it again Tony