kat

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Translingual

Symbol

kat

  1. Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Georgian.

See also

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.

Etymology 3

Noun

kat (plural kats)

  1. Alternative form of gat.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/, ,
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kat (plural katte)

  1. cat

Descendants

  • Xhosa: ikati
  • Zulu: ikati

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Noun

kat m (plural kate, definite kati, definite plural katet)

  1. floor, storey

Declension

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kat m anim

  1. executioner
    Synonym: popravčí

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

  1. cat
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. khat

Further reading

Dutch

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited 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)

  1. domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus
    Synonyms: dakhaas, poes
  2. (by extension) feline
    Synonym: katachtige
  3. female cat
    Synonyms: kattin, poes
  4. (historical) cat, tortoise (a wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; a medieval siege weapon)
    Synonym: schildpad
  5. (military) cavalier (a raised firing platform)
Derived 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

  1. inflection of katten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

kat m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of qat

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived from French quatre (four).

Numeral

kat

  1. four

Etymology 2

Derived from French carte (map).

Noun

kat

  1. map

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : kat
    Ordinal : katriyèmm

Etymology

Inherited from French quatre (four).

Pronunciation

Numeral

kat

  1. four

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of dekat.

Pronunciation

Preposition

kat

  1. (informal) Alternative form of dekat.

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : kat
    Ordinal : katriem

Etymology

Derived from French quatre.

Numeral

kat

  1. four

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

kat ?

  1. sprout, growth

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kat m pers

  1. executioner, hangman, headsman
    Synonym: oprawca
  2. (figurative) torturer, tormentor
    Synonym: oprawca

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs

Noun

kat m animal

  1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
    Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

Declension

Further reading

  • kat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

  1. Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kattiyā),[1] 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kattiya),[2] from Sanskrit कर्त्त्री (karttrī).[1][2]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit कर्तरि (kartari).[2]

Noun

kat f (nominative plural katǎ)

  1. scissors[2][3][4]

References

  1. 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. 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
  3. ^ 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] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 190a
  4. ^ 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)

  1. (Croatia) floor, storey

Declension

Synonyms

See also

References

  • kat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • 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 pers (related adjective katovský)

  1. executioner, hangman

Declension

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, 2003–2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

kat c

  1. khat (a shrub, including when used as a recreational drug)

Declension

Declension of kat
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kat kats
definite katen katens
plural indefinite
definite

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (layer).

Pronunciation

Noun

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

  1. floor, storey, level
  2. fold, layer
  3. times
    On kat daha güçlü
    Ten times stronger
  4. (mathematics) multiple

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
Nominative
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
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımı katlarımı
2nd singular katını katlarını
3rd singular katını katlarını
1st plural katımızı katlarımızı
2nd plural katınızı katlarınızı
3rd plural katlarını katlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular katıma katlarıma
2nd singular katına katlarına
3rd singular katına katlarına
1st plural katımıza katlarımıza
2nd plural katınıza katlarınıza
3rd plural katlarına katlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımda katlarımda
2nd singular katında katlarında
3rd singular katında katlarında
1st plural katımızda katlarımızda
2nd plural katınızda katlarınızda
3rd plural katlarında katlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımdan katlarımdan
2nd singular katından katlarından
3rd singular katından katlarından
1st plural katımızdan katlarımızdan
2nd plural katınızdan katlarınızdan
3rd plural katlarından katlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular katımın katlarımın
2nd singular katının katlarının
3rd singular katının katlarının
1st plural katımızın katlarımızın
2nd plural katınızın katlarınızın
3rd plural katlarının katlarının

Volapük

Noun

kat (nominative plural kats)

  1. cat (an animal of the family Felidae)

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā.

Pronunciation

Noun

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

  1. cat

Further reading

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