pet
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion".[1][2][3] From Scots and dialectal Northern English, of unclear origin. Perhaps a back-formation of petty, pety (“little, small”), a term formerly used to describe children and animals (e.g. pet lambs).[2][3] Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Old Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Proto-Indo-European) origin.[4] Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).
The verb is derived from the noun.[2][3]
NounEdit
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pet (plural pets)
- An animal kept as a companion.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
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2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale (video game), Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:
- Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
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- One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Tatler:
- the love of cronies, pets, and favourites
- Tatler:
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an animal kept as a companion
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one who is excessively loyal to a superior
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ “pet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “pet” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “pet” in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–.
- ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000), “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu[1], volume 51, pages 195–199
VerbEdit
pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted)
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
- (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
- His daughter was petted and spoiled.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
TranslationsEdit
fondle (an animal)
fondle (another person) amorously
intransitive: fondle amorously
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from pet
AdjectiveEdit
pet (not comparable)
- Favourite; cherished.
- a pet child
- The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.
- Kept or treated as a pet.
- pet rock
TranslationsEdit
favourite; cherished
kept or treated as a pet
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pet (plural pets)
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
pet (plural pets)
- Abbreviation of petition.
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
pet (plural pets)
- (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
ReferencesEdit
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
ChuukeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
pet
- bed
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2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, ISBN 9781920714000, Luke 5:24, page 110:
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Iwe upwe pwȧr ngeni kemi pwe mi wor an ewe Noun Aramas manamanen omusano tipis won fonufan. Iwe a apasa ngeni ewe mwan mi mwök, 'Upwe erenuk, kopwe uta, kopwe eki om na pet o feinno non imwom!"
- Therefore I will show you that the Son of Man has the power of forgiving sins on earth. So he said to the sick man, 'I tell you, stand, grab your bed and go to your house!"
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)
- cap (headwear with a peak at the front)
AdjectiveEdit
pet (comparative petter, superlative petst)
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of pet | ||||
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| uninflected | pet | |||
| inflected | pette | |||
| comparative | petter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | pet | petter | het petst het petste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | pette | pettere | petste |
| n. sing. | pet | petter | petste | |
| plural | pette | pettere | petste | |
| definite | pette | pettere | petste | |
| partitive | pets | petters | — | |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /pɛ/
- (Québec, informal) IPA(key): /pɛt/
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audio (file) - Homophones: pais, pait, paît, paix, paie, paies, pets
NounEdit
pet m (plural pets)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
FriulianEdit
LojbanEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pet m anim
DeclensionEdit
declension of pet
SynonymsEdit
- (cigarette butt): niedopałek
- (cigarette): papieros, fajek, szlug
RomanschEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)
SloveneEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈpéːt/
- Tonal orthography: pẹ̑t
NumeralEdit
pét