cat

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 1.1.1 Usage notes 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Synonyms 2.2.1.2 Derived terms 2.2.1.3 See also 2.2.1.4 Translations 2.2.2 Verb 2.2.2.1 Translations 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Noun 2.4.2 Verb 2.5 Etymology 4 2.5.1 Adjective 2.5.1.1 Usage notes 2.6 See also 2.7 Anagrams 3 Indonesian 3.1 Noun 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Mutation 5 Malay 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] Translingual

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cat

1. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Catalan (SIL)
2. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Valencian (SIL)

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Valencian is usually thought of as a dialect of Catalan though some claim it is a distinct language. ISO 639 has chosen to assign only one language code, but accept both Catalan and Valencian as equivalent names for the language. ---

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[edit] English

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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 Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from the same source as Late Latin cattus 'domestic cat', from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial),^[1] from Afro-Asiatic (cf. Nubian kadís, Berber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute,^[2] feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier Egyptian tešau 'female cat'; akin to Old Frisian/Middle Dutch katte (mod. kat), Old High German kazza (mod. Katze), Old Norse kǫttr.

[edit] Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. A domesticated species (Felis silvestris) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
3. A catfish.
4. (derogatory) A spiteful or angry woman. [from earlier 13th c.]
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".
13. (slang) Prostitute. [from at least early 15th c.]

[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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[edit] See also

Examples of domestic cat breeds

• Burmese
• Maine coon
• Manx
• Siamese

[edit] Translations

• Notes:

1. ^ Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [1].
2. ^ Jean-Paul Savignac, Dictionnaire français-gaulois, s.v. "chat" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.

[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.

[edit] Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. A catamaran.

[edit] Etymology 3

Abbreviation of catenate.

[edit] Noun

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

• Alphagram: act , act., Act., ACT
• ATC
• tac, TAC
• TCA

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[edit] Indonesian

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cat

1. paint

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kat̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

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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[edit] Malay

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From Chinese 漆 (Min Nan: chhat)

[edit] Noun

cat

1. paint

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[edit] Romanian

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Turkish kat.

[edit] Noun

cat n. (plural cate)

1. floor (storey)

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Noun

cat m. (genitive and plural cait)

1. cat (animal)

[edit] Derived terms

• clòimh-chat