English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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pussy-cat (plural pussy-cats)
- (informal, endearing) A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
- (informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person.
He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.
- The silky catkin of various willows.
- (dated) A sexy woman.
Synonyms[edit]
- (a cat): cat, pussy, kitten, feline, grimalkin, kitty, mouser, tomcat, malkin
- (soft-hearted person): wimp, pussy, namby-pamby, milksop, pansy, sissy, wuss, poltroon, candy-ass
Translations[edit]
affectionate term for a cat
- Esperanto: katido (eo), katidino (eo), kaĉjo (eo), kanjo (eo)
- Finnish: kisu (fi), kissimirri (fi)
- French: chaton (fr) m, chatonne (fr) f, minet (fr) m, minette (fr) f
- German: Miezekatze (de) f, Schmusekatze f, Miezekätzchen n (diminutive) (diminutive), Schmusekätzchen n (diminutive), Muschi (de) f (child's language), Pantoffeltiger m (humorous)
- Greek: γατούλα (el) f (gatoúla), γατάκι (el) n (gatáki)
- Hungarian: cicamica (hu)
- Indonesian: kucing manis
- Irish: puisín (ga) m
- Italian: micio (it) m, micino m, gattino (it) m, micetto m, micia (it) f, micetta f, micina f
- Korean: 야옹이 (ko) (yaong'i), 나비 (ko) (nabi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kattepus m, pusekatt (no) m
- Nynorsk: kattepus m, pusekatt m
- Polish: kicia (pl), kiciuś (pl), kotek (pl), koteczek (pl)
- Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m, bichano (pt) m
- Russian: му́рзик (ru) m (múrzik), ки́ска (ru) f (kíska), ко́тик (ru) m (kótik), ко́шечка (ru) f (kóšečka)
- Swedish: kissekatt (sv) c, kissemiss (sv), kisse (sv) c, misse (sv) c
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gentle or soft-hearted person
