doggy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡi

Etymology 1

From dog +‎ -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Alternative forms

• doggie

Noun

doggy (plural doggies)

1. (childish or affectionate) A dog, especially a small one.

   That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!

2. doggy style

   Her favourite position is doggy.

3. (armed services, Britain, informal) A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
   • 2008, Iain Ballantyne, HMS Rodney: The Famous Ships of the Royal Navy Series

     The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]

Synonyms

• (small dog): pup, puppy, puppy dog, pooch, poochie

Related terms

• doggy bag
• doggy paddle
• doggy style

Translations

a dog, especially a small one

• Armenian: շնիկ (hy) (šnik)
• Bulgarian: кученце (bg) n (kučence)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 狗仔 (gau² zai²)

  Mandarin: 狗狗 (zh) (gǒugǒu), 小狗 (zh) (xiǎogǒu)

• Czech: psík (cs) m, pejsek (cs) m
• Danish: vovse (da) c
• Finnish: koira (fi), hauva (fi), koiruli, hauveli (fi)
• French: toutou (fr) m, chienchien (fr) m
• Gallurese: catteddu
• German: Hündchen (de) n, (regional) Hundchen (de), (Bavarian German) Zamperl (de) n, Hündlein (de) n
• Greek: σκυλάκι (el) n (skyláki)
• Hungarian: kutyus (hu)
• Ido: hundeto (io)

• Italian: cagnolino (it)
• Persian: هاپو‎ (fa) (hâpu)
• Portuguese: cachorrinho (pt) m
• Russian: соба́чка (ru) f (sobáčka), пёсик (ru) m (pjósik)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: catteddu, cacciurru, calleddu

  Logudorese: cacciùcciu, catteddu

• Sassarese: catteddu
• Spanish: perrito (es) m
• Swedish: vovve (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) dogil (vo), (♂) hidogil, (♀) jidogil

See also

• dogie

Etymology 2

From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

doggy (comparative doggier, superlative doggiest)

1. (informal) Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:

     The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.

2. (informal) Fond of dogs.

Translations

suggestive of or in the manner of a dog

• German: (in compounds) Hunde-
• Greek: σκυλίσιος (el) (skylísios)
• Ido: hundala (io)

• Italian: canino (it) m
• Russian: соба́чий (ru) (sobáčij)
• Volapük: dogik (vo)