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Een kat likt haar vacht. — A cat is licking its fur.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"
Translingual
Symbol
kat
- Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Georgian.
English
Etymology 1
Noun
kat (plural kats)
- An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.
Etymology 2
Noun
kat (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of khat
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kat (plural katte)
Descendants
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).
Noun
kat m (plural kate, definite kati, definite plural katet)
Declension
Declension of kat
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kat m anim
- executioner
- Synonym: popravčí
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- kat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- kat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)
Inflection
Declension of kat
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- khat (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
Noun
kat c (singular definite katten, not used in plural form)
Further reading
- “kat” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Latin catta, feminine of cattus.
Noun
kat f (plural katten, diminutive katje n, masculine kater or mannetjeskat)
- domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus
- (by extension) feline
- Synonym: katachtige
- female cat
- (historical) cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon)
- Synonym: schildpad
- (military) cavalier (raised firing platform)
Derived terms
- afkatten
- als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
- civetkat
- 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
- kat in 't bakkie
- kat-en-muisspel
- katachtig
- kater
- katoog
- katten
- kattenbak
- kattendoorn
- kattengat
- kattengejank
- kattenjong
- kattenklauw
- kattenkop
- kattenkruid
- kattenkwaad
- kattenluik
- kattenmoeder
- kattenoog
- kattenpis
- kattenstaart
- kattenvoer
- kattenvrouwtje
- kattenwas
- kattig
- kattin
- katuil
- katvanger
- katvogel
- katzwijm
- lapjeskat
- loopgraafkat
- maak dat de kat wijs
- mannetjeskat
- moeraskat
- raskat
- rietkat
- straatkat
- voor de kat zijn viool
- vrouwtjeskat
- wijfjeskat
- wilde kat
- zeekat
- zwerfkat
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kat
- Jersey Dutch: kāt
- Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: kat
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kat
- inflection of katten:
Etymology 3
Noun
kat m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of qat
Further reading
- “kat” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Numeral
kat
Etymology 2
Noun
kat
Louisiana Creole
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : kat Ordinal : katriyèmm | ||
Etymology
Inherited from French quatre (“four”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
kat
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
kat
Further reading
- “kat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mauritian Creole
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : kat Ordinal : katriem | ||
Etymology
Numeral
kat
Derived terms
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
kat ?
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate to Czech kat, Slovak kat, Upper Sorbian kat and Lower Sorbian kat.
Pronunciation
Noun
kat m pers
- executioner, hangman, headsman
- Synonym: oprawca
- Ku rozczarowaniu tłumu egzekucję na rynku odwołano z powodu choroby kata. ― To the disappointment of the crowd, the execution was cancelled due to the executioner's illness.
- (figurative) torturer, tormentor
- Synonym: oprawca
Declension
Declension of kat
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Noun
kat m animal
Declension
Declension of kat
Further reading
- kat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romani
Etymology
- Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kattiyā), 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kattiya), from Sanskrit कर्त्त्री (karttrī).
- Inherited from Sanskrit कर्तरि (kartari).
Noun
kat f (nominative plural katǎ)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karttrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 145
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kat”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 137b
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e kat, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 190a
- ^ Andrea Scala (2020) “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat). Compare Turkish kat.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)
Declension
Declension of kat
Synonyms
See also
References
- “kat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognates include Polish kat, Czech kat, Lower Sorbian kat, and Upper Sorbian kat.
Pronunciation
Noun
kat m anim (genitive singular kata, nominative plural kati, genitive plural katov, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Declension of kat
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Alternative forms
Noun
kat c
- khat (shrub, including when used as a recreational drug)
Declension
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| Nominative | kat | katen | — | — |
| Genitive | kats | katens | — | — |
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قات (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)
Declension
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| Definite accusative | katı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | kat | katlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | katı | katları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | kata | katlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | katta | katlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | kattan | katlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | katın | katların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Volapük
Noun
kat (nominative plural kats)
Declension
declension of kat
Hyponyms
- hikat (“male cat, tomcat”)
- jikat (“female cat”)
- katil (“small cat, kitty”)
- katül (“young cat, kitten”)
Derived terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā.
Pronunciation
Noun
kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)
Further reading
- “kat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011