cat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.2 Verb 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Adjective 1.5.1.1 Usage notes 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Indonesian 2.1 Noun 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Mutation 4 Malay 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 6 Scottish Gaelic 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kăt, IPA: /kæt/, SAMPA: /k{t/
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  Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English catt m., catte f., from Germanic *kattuz; cf. Old Frisian & Middle Dutch katte, O.H.G. kazza, Old Norse kǫttr, Irish cat, Welsh cath, Late Latin cattus (replacing native term felis, feles for domestic cats). Origin obscure. Probably originating in an Afro-Asiatic language. Cf Dutch kat, West Frisian kat, German Katze, French chat, Italian gatto, and Spanish and Portuguese gato.

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cat (plural cats)

1. A domesticated species (Felis silvestris) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
3. A catfish.
4. A spiteful or angry woman.
5. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
6. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
7. (nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.

   No room to swing a cat.

8. (slang) A person (usually male); dude (in its non-derogatory senses), guy, fella.
9. (slang) A generic term for an earth moving machine, derived from caterpillar and more recently from bobcat.
10. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
11. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
12. (archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

[edit] Synonyms

• (any member of Felidae): feline
• (domestic species): housecat, puss, pussy, malkin, kitten, kitty, pussy-cat, mouser, tomcat, grimalkin
• (man): bloke (UK), chap (British), cove (UK), dude, fellow, guy
• (spiteful woman): bitch
• See also Wikisaurus:cat
• See also Wikisaurus:man

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Examples of domestic cat breeds

• Burmese
• Maine coon
• Manx
• Siamese

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[edit] Verb

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

1. (nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
2. (nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
3. (slang) To vomit something.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of catamaran.

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cat (plural cats)

1. A catamaran.

[edit] Etymology 3

Abbreviation of catenate.

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cat (plural cats)

1. (computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

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

1. (computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
2. (computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

[edit] Etymology 4

Possibly a shortened form of chaotic.

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cat (not comparable)

1. (Irish, informal) terrible, disastrous.

   The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

[edit] Usage notes

This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

[edit] See also

• feline
• kitten, kitty
• meow
• mog
• miaow
• nine lives
• Schrödinger’s cat
• tabby

[edit] Anagrams

• act
• tac

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cat

1. paint

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kat̪ˠ]

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cat m.

1. cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cat cait Vocative a chait a chata Genitive cait cat Dative cat cait

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cat na cait Genitive an chait na gcat Dative leis an gcat don chat leis na cait

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cat	chat	gcat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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From Chinese 漆 (Min Nan: chhat)

[edit] Noun

cat

1. paint

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Turkish kat.

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cat n. (plural cate)

1. floor (storey)

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[edit] Noun

cat m. (genitive and plural cait)

1. cat (animal)

[edit] Derived terms

• clòimh-chat