kat

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.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Georgian terms

kat (plural kats)

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

kat (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of khat.

kat (plural kats)

1. Alternative form of gat.

• ATK, TKA, Tak, tak

Inherited from Dutch kat.

• IPA^(key): /kat/, ,

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kat (plural katte)

1. cat

• → Xhosa: ikati
• → Zulu: ikati

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

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

1. floor, storey

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

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kat m anim (possessive adjective katův)

1. executioner

   Synonym: popravčí

• “kat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /kat/, ,

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kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

1. cat

• huskat

• khat (nonstandard)

• IPA^(key): /kat/,

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

1. khat

• “kat” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɑt/

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• Hyphenation: kat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Inherited from Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

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)

• kitten

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kat

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

kat m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of qat

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

• tak
• t.k.a.

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Derived from French quatre (“four”).

kat

1. four

Derived from French carte (“map”).

kat

1. map

Inherited from French quatre (“four”).

• IPA^(key): /kat/
• Rhymes: -at

kat

1. four

Clipping of dekat.

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• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: kat

kat

1. (informal) Alternative form of dekat.

• “kat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Derived from French quatre.

kat

1. four

• kat ven
• kat ven dis

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkat/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkat/

kat m pers (relational adjective katóv)

1. executioner

• Czech: kat

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kat”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat/

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: kat

kat m pers

1. executioner, hangman, headsman

   Synonym: oprawca

2. (figurative) torturer, tormentor

   Synonym: oprawca

• → Old Ruthenian: катъ (kat)
  • Belarusian: кат (kat)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кат (kat)
  • Ukrainian: кат (kat)
  • → Russian: кат (kat) (dialectal)

kat m animal

1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

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

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

kat f (nominative plural katǎ)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kât/

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

1. (Croatia) floor, storey

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

• prizemlje

• “kat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

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

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kat m pers (relational adjective katovský)

1. executioner, hangman

• katovstvo

• “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, 2003–2025

• khat

kat c

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

• kat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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

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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

kat (nominative plural kats)

1. cat (an animal of the family Felidae)

• hikat (“male cat, he-cat, tomcat, tom”)
• jikat (“female cat, she-cat, queen”)
• katil (“small cat, kitty”)
• katül (“young cat, kitten”)

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

1. cat

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