catgut

English

Etymology

Possibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkætˌɡʌt/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

catgut (countable and uncountable, plural catguts)

1. (countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.
2. (uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
3. (uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.

Translations

cord

• Bulgarian: струна (bg) (struna), корда (bg) f (korda)
• Faroese: viljatráður n pl
• French: corde à boyau f, corde en boyau f, catgut (fr) m
• Irish: snáithe caoláin m
• Malay: katgut
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• Plautdietsch: Doarmseid f
• Romanian: catgut (ro) n
• Russian: кетгут (ru) m (ketgut)
• Swedish: catgut (sv) c

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Swedish

Noun

catgut c

1. (medicine) catgut

Declension

Declension of catgut
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	catgut	catguten	—	—
Genitive	catguts	catgutens	—	—