catte

English

Noun

catte (plural cattes)

1. Archaic spelling of cat.

Anagrams

• tacet, tecta

Latin

Noun

catte

1. vocative singular of cattus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ.

Noun

catte f

1. cat

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	catte	catten
accusative	catte	catten
genitive	catte, catten	catten
dative	catte, catten	catten

Descendants

• Dutch: kat
  • Afrikaans: kat
    • → Xhosa: ikati
    • → Zulu: ikati
  • Jersey Dutch: kāt
  • Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kat
• Limburgish: kat
• West Flemish: katte

Further reading

• “catte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “catte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norman

Etymology

From Latin catta.

Noun

catte f (plural cattes)

1. female equivalent of cat
2. (Jersey) tiger moth caterpillar
3. (Jersey) worm for bait

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattǭ. Cognate with Old Frisian katte, Old Saxon katta, Middle Dutch katte (Dutch kat), Old High German kazza (German Katze), Old Norse ketta (Swedish katta). The word existed in the Germanic languages in a masculine gender also, represented in Old English by catt. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.te/

Noun

catte f

1. a female cat

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	catte	cattan
accusative	cattan	cattan
genitive	cattan	cattena
dative	cattan	cattum

Descendants

• Middle English: catte, katte