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3-letter words (2 found)

ACT,CAT,

2-letter words (2 found)

AT,TA,

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Definitions and meaning of cat

cat

Translingual

Symbol

cat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Catalan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: kăt, IPA(key): /kæt/, [kʰæt], [kʰæt̚]
  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /kat/
  • Homophones: Kat, khat, qat
  • Hyphenation: cat
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Further etymology is unclear.

Alternative forms

  • catte (obsolete)

Noun

cat (countable and uncountable, plural cats)

  1. An animal of the family Felidae:
    Synonyms: felid, feline, (member of the subfamily Pantherinae) pantherine, (technically, all members of the genus Panthera) panther
    1. A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8thc.]
      Synonyms: puss, pussy, kitty, pussy-cat, kitty-cat, grimalkin; see also Thesaurus:cat
      Hypernyms: housecat, malkin, kitten, mouser, tomcat
    2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
  2. (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
    Synonyms: catflesh, catmeat
  3. A person:
    1. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman. [from early 13thc.]
      Synonym: bitch
    2. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
      jazz cat
    3. (slang) A person (usually male).
      Synonyms: bloke, chap, cove, dude, fellow, fella, guy; see also Thesaurus:man
      • 1973 December, "Books Noted", discussing A Dialogue (by James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni), in Black World, Johnson Publishing Company, 77.
        BALDWIN: That's what we were talking about before. And by the way, you did not have to tell me that you think your father is a groovy cat; I knew that.
    4. (slang) A prostitute. [from at least early 15thc.]
  4. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  5. (chiefly nautical) Short for cat-o'-nine-tails.
  6. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  7. (archaic, uncountable) The game of trap ball.
    1. (archaic, countable) The trap in that game.
  8. (archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
  9. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
  10. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
  12. (historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
    Synonyms: tortoise, Welsh cat
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  2. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. (slang) To vomit.
  4. To go wandering at night.
  5. To gossip in a catty manner.
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Etymology 2

From concatenate, derived from the program's function of concatenating files. Compare concat.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

  1. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

Verb

cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
  2. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

  1. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
  2. Abbreviation of catapult.
  3. Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
  4. Abbreviation of catamaran.
  5. Abbreviation of category.
  6. Abbreviation of catfish.
  7. Abbreviation of caterpillar.
    1. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
    2. A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
  8. Abbreviation of computed axial tomography. Often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.

Adjective

cat (not comparable)

  2. (Ireland, colloquial) Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
Derived terms
  • cat melodeon
  • cat bond
  • J-cat

References

Anagrams

  • A. C. T., A.C.T., ACT, ATC, Act., CTA, TAC, TCA, act, act., tac

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cat, from Hokkien 漆 (chhat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃat̚]
  • Hyphenation: cat

Noun

cat (first-person possessive catku, second-person possessive catmu, third-person possessive catnya)

  1. paint (substance)

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

  • “cat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cut (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish catt, from Proto-Celtic *kattos or from Latin cattus, possibly even Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /kɑt̪ˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /kat̪ˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kʊt̪ˠ/ (as if spelled cut)

Noun

cat m (genitive singular cait, nominative plural cait)

  1. cat (domestic feline; member of the Felidae)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cat”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cat”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “cat” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cat” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Malay

Etymology

From Hokkien 漆 (chhat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃat/
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃat, -at

Noun

cat (Jawi spelling چت, informal 1st possessive catku, 2nd possessive catmu, 3rd possessive catnya)

  1. paint (substance)

Affixed terms

  • bercat
  • mengecat (active voice): to paint
    • dicat (passive voice): to be painted
  • catan: painting (an artwork in the form of a painted picture)
  • pengecatan: the action of applying paint to something (e.g. a surface, etc.)
  • pengecat: painter (a person whose job is paining buildings)

Further reading

  • “cat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • catt, catte, cate
  • kat, katte, kaat

Etymology

From Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), this is in turn from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/, /ˈkat(ə)/

Noun

cat (plural cattes)

  1. cat (feline)

Synonyms

  • badde

Descendants

  • English: cat
  • Scots: cat
  • Yola: kaudès, kauddès, kaudes (plural)

References

  • “cat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French cat (variant of Old French chat) from Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/

Noun

cat m (plural cats, feminine catte)

  1. cat
  2. (Jersey) common dab (Limanda limanda)

Derived terms

  • catchiéthe (“cat-flap”)

Old French

Noun

cat oblique singular, m (oblique plural caz or catz, nominative singular caz or catz, nominative plural cat)

  1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

cat n (plural caturi)

  1. (dated) floor (storey)

Declension

Scots

Alternative forms

  • kat
  • ket (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Scots cat, from Early Scots catte, from Middle English catte, cat, from Old English catte, catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

  1. cat (Felis catus)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaʰt̪/
  • Hyphenation: cat

Noun

cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)

  1. cat (Felis catus)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “cat”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 118

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