Kat
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æt
Proper noun
Kat
- A short form of the female given names Katharine and Katherine.
- 1991 Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips →ISBN : page 36:
- During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
- 1991 Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips →ISBN : page 36:
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Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
Kat m (strong, genitive Kats or Kat, plural Kats)
- (automotive) Clipping of Katalysator (“catalytic converter”).
Declension
Declension of Kat [masculine, strong]
Further reading
- “Kat” in Duden online
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).
Noun
Kat n (strong, genitive Kats or Kat, no plural)
- khat (drug produced from Catha edulis)
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of Kat [sg-only, neuter, strong]
See also
Further reading
- “Kat” in Duden online
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā. Cognates include West Frisian kat and German Katze.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kat m (plural Katte)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Categories:
- Rhymes:English/æt
- Rhymes:English/æt/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English diminutives of female given names
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/at
- Rhymes:German/at/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Automotive
- German clippings
- German terms borrowed from Arabic
- German terms derived from Arabic
- German uncountable nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Auto parts
- de:Recreational drugs
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Latin
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/at
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/at/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian masculine nouns
- stq:Cats