pet

See also Pet., and PET

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Originally from Northern English and Scots dialects, origin is unsure but may have arisen due to influence of petty pertaining to children and later companion animals. Almost certainly of Germanic etymology.

Noun

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pet (plural pets)

1. An animal kept as a companion.
2. One who is excessively loyal to their superior.

Synonyms

• companion animal

Translations

an animal kept as a companion

• Arabic: حيوان منزلي (ar) (ḥayawān manzaliyy) m
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寵物 (cmn), 宠物 (cmn) (chǒngwù)

• Czech: domácí mazlíček (cs)
• Danish: kæledyr (da) n
• Dutch: huisdier (nl)
• Esperanto: dombesto (eo), dorlotbesto (eo), hejmbesto (eo)
• Finnish: lemmikkieläin (fi), lemmikki (fi)
• French: animal familier (fr) m, animal de compagnie (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Haustier (de) n, Liebling (de) n, Pet (de) n, Heimtier (de) n
• Hebrew: חיית מחמד (he) f
• Irish: peata (ga) m
• Japanese: ペット (ja) (petto)
• Korean: 애완동물 (ko) (aewandongmul) (愛玩動物 (ko)), 펫 (ko) (pet)
• Macedonian: домашен миленик (mk) (dómašen mílenik) m, домашно милениче (mk) (dómašno miléniče) n

• Malay: haiwan peliharaan (ms)
• Maori: mōkai (mi)
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ
• Norwegian: kjæledyr (no) n
• Polish: zwierzę domowe n, zwierzęta domowe pl f
• Portuguese: animal de estimação (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: домашнее животное (ru) (domášneje živótnoje) n, любимец (ru) (ljubímec) m, питомец (ru) (pitómec) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љубимац (sh) m, мезимац (sh) m

  Roman: ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

• Spanish: mascota (es) f
• Swedish: husdjur (sv) n, keldjur (sv) n, sällskapsdjur (sv) n
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: (male or female) nimül (vo), (male) hinimül (vo), (female) jinimül (vo)
• Zulu: isilwane sasekhaya (zu) 7/8, ukunto (zu) 17, ukuntoko (zu) 17

one who is excessively loyal to their superior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跟屁蟲 (cmn), 跟屁虫 (cmn) (gēn pì chóng)

• Finnish: lellikki (fi)
• French: chouchou (fr) m

• Macedonian: љубимец (mk) (ljubímec) m, мињон (mk) (minjón) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: миљеник (sh) m, љубимац (sh) m, мезимац (sh) m

  Roman: miljenik (sh) m, ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: домашен любимец (domášen ljubímets) m
• Dutch: huisdier n
• German: Haustier n

• Hungarian: háziállat, házi kedvenc
• Norwegian: kjæledyr (no) n
• Swedish: husdjur (sv) n

References

• “pet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Verb

pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted)

1. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
2. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
3. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
4. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.

   His daughter was petted and spoiled.

5. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)

Translations

fondle (an animal)

• Danish: kæle (da)
• Dutch: aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: dorloti (eo)
• Finnish: silittää (fi)
• French: caresser (fr)
• Hungarian: simogat (hu)
• Italian: accarezzare (it)
• Macedonian: гали (mk) (gáli), милува (mk) (míluva)

• Norwegian: kjæle (no)
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласкать (ru) (laskát'), гладить (ru) (gládit')
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити (sh), миловати (sh)

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Swedish: klappa (sv)

fondle (another person) amorously

• Danish: kæle (da)
• Dutch: strelen (nl), aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: peloter (fr)
• Hungarian: simogat (hu)
• Macedonian: гали (mk) (gáli), милува (mk) (míluva)

• Norwegian: kjæle (no), kose med (no), kjærtegne (no)
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласкать (ru) (laskát')
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити (sh), миловати (sh)

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Swedish: smeka (sv)

intransitive: fondle amorously

• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: se peloter (fr)

• Macedonian: се гали (mk) (se gáli)
• Russian: ласкаться (ru) (laskát'sja)

Derived terms

pet cemetery pet name pet peeve pet project

pet shop pet store petting n teacher's pet

Adjective

pet (not comparable)

1. Favourite; cherished.

   a pet child

   a pet theory

   • F. Harrison

     Some young lady's pet curate.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:

     There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of petition.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. Abbreviation of petition.

Etymology 4

Diminutive of petal.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• Pte

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin peditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'pɛt/

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Related terms

• petar
• petat
• llufa f

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje)

1. cap (headwear with a peak at the front)

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French

Etymology

From Latin peditum.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pɛ/, X-SAMPA: /pE/
• (Québec, informal) IPA: pɛt
• Homophones: paix, paie

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

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Lojban

Rafsi

pet

1. rafsi of petso.

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Middle French

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
• (Sutsilvan) péz

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) chest, thorax

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) sain
• (Sursilvan) sein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pêːt/

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Numeral

pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)

1. (cardinal) five (5)

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Slovene

Slovene numbers

< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : pét Ordinal : pêti Cardinal adverb : pétkrat Ordinal adverb : pêtič Multiplicative : petóren

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpéːt/
• Tonal: pẹ̑t

Numeral

pét

1. five

Declension

Declension of pet (numeral)

	plural
nominative	pet
accusative	pet
genitive	petih
dative	petim
locative	petih
instrumental	petimi