Fiat

See also: fiat, FIAT, fiát, and fiât

English

Alternative forms

• FIAT

Etymology

From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).

Noun

Fiat (plural Fiats)

1. An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..
   • 1997, Jill Nagle, Whores and Other Feminists, page 160:

     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:

     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:

     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.

Derived terms

• (slang): FIAT
• (derogatory): fix it again Tony

• FCA

 

Further reading

• Fiat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fita, IATF, Tafi, Fait, fait, Taif