cat

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[edit] English

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A domestic cat (1)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”) and catte (“female cat”), both from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (“cat”), from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”), from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial)[1], from Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadís, Berber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute,[2] feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier Egyptian tešau 'female cat'. Cognate with Dutch kat, German Katze, Swedish katt.

[edit] Noun

cat (plural cats)

  1. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) 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. (slang) A person (usually male).
  7. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  8. (nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
    No room to swing a cat.
  9. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  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.]
  14. (slang, vulgar, African American Vernacular) A vagina; female external genitalia
    • 1969. Iceberg Slim. Pimp: The Story of My Life. Holloway House Publishing.
      "What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat."
    • 2005. Carolyn Chambers Sanders. Sins & Secrets. Hachette Digital.
      As she came up, she tried to put her cat in his face for some licking.
    • 2007. Franklin White. Money for Good. Simon and Schuster. page 64.
      I had a notion to walk over to her, rip her apron off, sling her housecoat open and put my finger inside her cat to see if she was wet or freshly fucked because the dream I had earlier was beginning to really annoy me.
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Terms derived from cat in the above senses
[edit] Translations
domestic species
member of Felidae
catfish — see catfish
spiteful woman — see bitch
jazz enthusiast
guy, fellow
strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship
cat-o'-nine-tails — see cat-o'-nine-tails
catboat — see catboat
game of "trap and ball" (or "cat and dog")
the trap in the game of "trap and ball"
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[edit] Verb

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.
[edit] Translations
raise anchor to cathead
flog
vomit

[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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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 catastrophic.

[edit] Adjective

cat (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland, 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] References

  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.

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

cat

  1. paint

[edit] Irish

Cat

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish catt, from Latin cattus.

[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] References

  • "cat" in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

[edit] Malay

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From Sinitic 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)

[edit] Declension

declension of cat
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un cat catul niște cate catele
genitive/dative unui cat catului unor cate catelor

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish catt, from Latin cattus.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kaʰt̪/

[edit] Noun

cat m. (genitive and plural cait)

  1. cat (animal)

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