kat

See also: Kat, KAT, kát, kăt, kåt, kąt, ką̊t, k'at, and кат

Translingual

Symbol

kat

1. Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

kat (plural kats)

1. An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.

Etymology 2

Noun

kat (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of khat

Anagrams

• ATK, TKA, Tak

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [kɐt], [kät]

Noun

kat (plural katte)

1. cat

Descendants

• → Xhosa: ikati
• → Zulu: ikati

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat).

Noun

kat m (indefinite plural kate, definite singular kati, definite plural katit)

1. floor, storey

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat]

Noun

kat m

1. executioner

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kati, katové
genitive	kata	katů
dative	katu, katovi	katům
accusative	kata	katy
vocative	kate	kati, katové
locative	katu, katovi	katech
instrumental	katem	katy

Synonyms

• popravčí

Further reading

• kat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

1. cat

Inflection

Declension of kat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kat	katten	katte	kattene
genitive	kats	kattens	kattes	kattenes

Derived terms

• huskat

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• khat (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, not used in plural form)

1. khat

Further reading

• “kat” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Een kat likt haar vacht. — A cat is licking its fur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-Germanic *kattō.

Noun

kat f (plural katten, diminutive katje n, masculine kater or mannetjeskat)

1. cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus

   Synonyms: dakhaas, poes

2. female cat

   Synonym: poes

3. (by extension) feline
4. (historical) cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon)

   Synonym: schildpad

Derived terms

• afkatten
• als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
• de kat in het donker knijpen
• de kat sturen
• de kat uit de boom kijken
• een kat een kat noemen
• een kat in de zak kopen
• geselkat
• huiskat
• katachtig
• kat-en-muisspel
• kater
• kat in 't bakkie
• katoog
• katten
• kattenbak
• kattengat
• kattengejank
• kattenjong
• kattenklauw
• kattenkop
• kattenkruid
• kattenkwaad
• kattenluik
• kattenmoeder
• kattenoog
• kattenpis
• kattenvoer
• kattenvrouwtje
• kattig
• kattin
• katvanger
• katvogel
• katzwijm
• lapjeskat
• maak dat de kat wijs
• mannetjeskat
• moeraskat
• rietkat
• voor de kat zijn viool
• vrouwtjeskat
• wijfjeskat
• zeekat
• zwerfkat

 

Related terms

• kitten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kat
  • → Xhosa: ikati
  • → Zulu: ikati

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of katten
2. imperative of katten

Etymology 3

Noun

kat m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of qat

Anagrams

• tak
• t.k.a.

Further reading

• “kat” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French quatre (“four”)

Numeral

kat

1. four

Etymology 2

From French carte (“map”)

Noun

kat

1. map

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Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːt/

Noun

kat ?

1. (Kurmanji) sprout, growth

Derived terms

• kat dan
• katdan
• katdayî
• katder
• katderî
• katik
• katk

 

Noun

kat ?

1. (Sorani) time

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French quatre (“four”).

Numeral

kat

1. four

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Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : kat     Ordinal : katriem

Etymology

From French quatre.

Numeral

kat

1. four

Derived terms

• kat ven
• kat ven dis

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Polish

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate to Czech kat, Slovak kat, Upper Sorbian kat and Lower Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

kat m pers

1. executioner, hangman, headsman

   Ku rozczarowaniu tłumu egzekucję na rynku odwołano z powodu choroby kata.

2. (figuratively) torturer, tormentor

Declension

declension of kat

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kaci/katy/katowie
genitive	kata	katów
dative	katu/katowi	katom
accusative	kata	katów
instrumental	katem	katami
locative	kacie	katach
vocative	kacie	kaci/katy/katowie

Derived terms

• (verb) katować
• (nouns) katownia, katownik, katusz, katusza
• (adjectives) kaci, katowski

Synonyms

• (executioner): oprawca
• (torturer): oprawca

Noun

kat m anim

1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

Declension

declension of kat

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	katy
genitive	kata	katów
dative	katowi	katom
accusative	kata	katy
instrumental	katem	katami
locative	kacie	katach
vocative	kacie	katy

Further reading

• kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romani

Noun

kat f

1. scissors

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat). Compare Turkish kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kât/

Noun

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

1. (Croatia) floor, story

Declension

Declension of kat

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	katovi
genitive	kata	katova
dative	katu	katovima
accusative	kat	katove
vocative	kate	katovi
locative	katu	katovima
instrumental	katom	katovima

Synonyms

• (Croatia): zboj
• (Bosnia, Serbia): sprȁt

See also

• prizemlje

References

• “kat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognates include Polish kat, Czech kat, Lower Sorbian kat, and Upper Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat/

Noun

kat m (genitive singular kata, nominative plural kati, genitive plural katov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. executioner, hangman

Declension

Declension of kat

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kati
genitive	kata	katov
dative	katovi	katom
accusative	kata	katov
locative	katovi	katoch
instrumental	katom	katmi

Derived terms

• katovský

Further reading

• kat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”).

Noun

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

1. floor, level
2. fold, layer
3. times

   On kat daha güçlü

   Ten times stronger

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kat
Definite accusative	katı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kat	katlar
Definite accusative	katı	katları
Dative	kata	katlara
Locative	katta	katlarda
Ablative	kattan	katlardan
Genitive	katın	katların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular katım katlarım 2nd singular katın katların 3rd singular katı katları 1st plural katımız katlarımız 2nd plural katınız katlarınız 3rd plural katları katları

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Volapük

Noun

kat (nominative plural kats)

1. cat

Declension

declension of kat

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kats
genitive	kata	katas
dative	kate	kates
accusative	kati	katis
vocative 1	o kat!	o kats!
predicative 2	katu	katus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hikat (“male cat, tomcat”)
• jikat (“female cat”)
• katil (“small cat, kitty”)
• katül (“young cat, kitten”)

Derived terms

• domakat
• flätakat
• hikatil
• hikatül
• hokat
• jikatil
• jikatül
• katabeit
• katabeitil
• katabom
• katabomem
• katabun
• katagobad
• katagöb
• kataher
• kataherem
• katakap
• katalineg
• katalog
• katalogoin
• katamaläd
• katamiov
• katamiovam
• katanatäl
• katapläd
• katasüm
• katasümik
• katavut
• katik
• katöf
• katöfik
• katülik
• mayulakatil

 

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

1. cat

Further reading

• “kat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kátr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːt/, /kɒːt/, /kɑːt/

  Rhymes: -óːt

Noun

kat m (definite katn, dative katåm)

1. the first slice of a loaf

Adjective

kat (plural kaat)

1. lively, frisky

Related terms

• kaat f (“friskiness, playfulness”)