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User:Robert Ullmann/Prologue/examples/cat

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See also Cat, and CAT
  1. (noun) A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
  2. (noun) Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
  3. (noun) A catfish.
  4. (noun, derogatory) A spiteful or angry woman. [from earlier 13th c.]
  5. (noun) An enthusiast or player of jazz.
  6. (noun, slang) A person (usually male).
  7. (noun, nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  8. (noun, nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
  9. (noun, slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  10. (noun, archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  11. (noun, archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
  12. (noun, archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
  13. (noun, slang) Prostitute. [from at least early 15th c.]
  14. (verb, nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  15. (verb, nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  16. (verb, slang) To vomit something.
  17. (noun) A catamaran.
  18. (noun, computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.
  19. (verb, computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
  20. (verb, computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
  21. (adjective, Irish, informal) terrible, disastrous.
  22. (Indonesian, Malay, noun) paint
  23. (Irish, noun) cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)
  24. (Romanian, noun) floor (storey)
  25. (Scottish Gaelic, noun) cat (animal)
  26. (Translingual, symbol) The ISO 639-3 official language code of Catalan (SIL)
  27. (Translingual, symbol) The ISO 639-3 official language code of Valencian (SIL)

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

cat

  1. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Catalan (SIL)
  2. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Valencian (SIL)

Usage notes edit

Valencian is usually thought of as a dialect of Catalan though some claim it is a distinct language. ISO 639 has chosen to assign only one language code, but accept both Catalan and Valencian as equivalent names for the language. ---

English edit

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A domestic cat (1)

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Old English catt (m.), catte (f.), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus 'domestic cat', from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial),[1] from Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadís, Berber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute,[2] feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier Egyptian tešau 'female cat'; akin to Old Frisian/Middle Dutch katte (mod. kat), Old High German kazza (mod. Katze), Old Norse kǫttr.

Noun edit

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
  2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
  3. A catfish.
  4. (derogatory) A spiteful or angry woman. [from earlier 13th c.]
  5. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
  6. (slang) A person (usually male).
  7. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  8. (nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
    No room to swing a cat.
  9. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  10. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  11. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
  12. (archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
  13. (slang) Prostitute. [from at least early 15th c.]
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from cat in the above senses
See also edit

Examples of domestic cat breeds

Translations edit
domestic species
member of Felidae
catfish — see catfish
spiteful woman — see bitch
jazz enthusiast
guy, fellow
strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship
cat-o'-nine-tails — see cat-o'-nine-tails
catboat — see catboat
game of "trap and ball" (or "cat and dog")
the trap in the game of "trap and ball"
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Translations to be checked
  1. ^ Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [1].
  2. ^ Jean-Paul Savignac, Dictionnaire français-gaulois, s.v. "chat" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.

Verb edit

Infinitive
to cat

Third person singular
cats

Simple past
catted

Past participle
catted

Present participle
catting

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  2. (nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. (slang) To vomit something.
Translations edit
raise anchor to cathead
flog
vomit

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation of catamaran.

Noun edit

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. A catamaran.

Etymology 3 edit

Abbreviation of catenate.

Noun edit

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. (computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

Verb edit

Infinitive
to cat

Third person singular
cats

Simple past
catted

Past participle
catted

Present participle
catting

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
  2. (computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Etymology 4 edit

Possibly a shortened form of chaotic.

Adjective edit

cat (not comparable)

Positive
cat

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. (Irish, informal) terrible, disastrous.
    The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
Usage notes edit

This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

See also edit

Anagrams edit


Indonesian edit

Noun edit

cat

  1. paint

Irish edit

 
Cat

Etymology edit

From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cat m.

  1. cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)

Declension edit

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cat cait
Vocative a chait a chata
Genitive cait cat
Dative cat cait

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cat na cait
Genitive an chait na gcat
Dative leis an gcat

don chat

leis na cait

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cat chat gcat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • "cat" in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.


Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Chinese 漆 (Min Nan: chhat)

Noun edit

cat

  1. paint

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Turkish kat.

Noun edit

cat n. (plural cate)

  1. floor (storey)

Declension edit

    declension of cat
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
Nominative/Accusative un cat catul nişte cate catele
Genitive/Dative unui cat catului unor cate catelor
Vocative — — — —


Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

Noun edit

cat m. (genitive and plural cait)

  1. cat (animal)

Derived terms edit

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