pet

See also: Pet, PET, pét, pêt, pět, and Pet.

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1Edit

Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion". 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). Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Old Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Proto-Indo-European) origin. Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

NounEdit

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pet (plural pets)

1. An animal kept as a companion.
2. (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
   • 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.

3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
4. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
   • Tatler:

     the love of cronies, pets, and favourites

SynonymsEdit

• companion animal

TranslationsEdit

an animal kept as a companion

• Arabic: حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ‎‎ m (ḥayawān manzaliyy)
• Belarusian: ха́тняя жывёла f (xátnjaja žyvjóla), любі́мец m (ljubímjec), жывёла-кампаньён f (žyvjola-kampanʹjon), гадава́нец m (hadavánjec), сво́йскі гадава́нец m (svójski hadavánjec)
• Bulgarian: дома́шен люби́мец m (domášen ljubímec), пито́мец (bg) m (pitómec)
• Burmese: ^{(please verify)} အချစ်တော် (my) (a.hkyactau)
• Catalan: mascota (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寵物 (zh), 宠物 (zh) (chǒngwù)

• Czech: domácí mazlíček m, domácí zvíře n
• Danish: kæledyr n
• Dutch: huisdier (nl) n, troeteldier (nl) n
• Esperanto: dombesto, dorlotbesto, hejmbesto
• Estonian: lemmikloom
• Finnish: lemmikkieläin (fi), lemmikki (fi)
• French: animal familier (fr) m, animal de compagnie (fr) m
• Georgian: შინაური ცხოველი (šinauri cxoveli), მოშინაურებული ცხოველი (mošinaurebuli cxoveli)
• German: Haustier (de) n, Heimtier (de) n, Stubentier n, Lieblingstier (de) n
• Hebrew: חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד‎‎ (he) f (khayát makhmád)
• Hindi: पालतू पशु (pāltū paśu)
• Hungarian: kisállat, társállat, házikedvenc, kiskedvenc
• Irish: peata (ga) m
• Italian: animale domestico (it) m
• Japanese: ペット (petto), 愛玩動物 (あいがんどうぶつ, aigan dōbutsu)
• Korean: 애완동물 (ko) (aewandongmul) (愛玩動物), 펫 (pet)
• Lao: ສັດລ້ຽງ (lo) (sat līang)
• Latin: animal domesticatum n, delicia f, dilectus m, Animal dilectum n

• Macedonian: домашен миленик m (domašen milenik), домашно милениче n (domašno mileniče)
• Malay: haiwan peliharaan, binatang manja
• Maori: mōkai, maimoa
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjæledyr n

  Nynorsk: kjæledyr n

• Polish: zwierzę domowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: animal de estimação (pt) m
• Romanian: animal de companie n
• Russian: дома́шнее живо́тное (ru) n (domášneje živótnoje), люби́мец (ru) m (ljubímec), пито́мец (ru) m (pitómec), живо́тное-компаньо́н n (živótnoje-kompanʹón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љубимац m, мезимац m

  Roman: ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

• Slovak: domáce zviera n
• Slovene: ljubljenec (sl) m, domača žival f
• Spanish: mascota (es) f
• Swedish: husdjur (sv) n, keldjur n, sällskapsdjur (sv) n
• Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยง (th) (sàt-líiang)
• Turkish: evcil hayvan (tr)
• Ukrainian: твари́на-вихова́нець f (tvarýna-vyxovánecʹ), вихова́нець m (vyxovánecʹ), твари́на-компаньйо́н f (tvarýna-kompanʹjón), пито́мець m (pytómecʹ), улю́бленець m (uljúblenecʹ), дома́шня твари́на f (domášnja tvarýna), сві́йська твари́на f (svíjsʹka tvarýna)
• Vietnamese: vật cưng, thú kiểng
• Volapük: nimül (vo)
• Welsh: anifail anwes (cy) m
• Zulu: isilwane sasekhaya class 7/8, ukunto class 17, ukuntoko class 17

one who is excessively loyal to a superior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跟屁蟲 (zh), 跟屁虫 (zh) (gēn pì chóng)

• Finnish: lellikki (fi)
• French: chouchou (fr) m
• German: Liebling (de) n, Pet n,
• Hungarian: kiskedvenc, talpnyaló (hu) (pejorative)

• Macedonian: љуби́мец m (ljubímec), мињо́н m (minjón)
• Russian: люби́мец (ru) m (ljubímec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: миљеник m, љубимац m, мезимац m

  Roman: miljenik (sh) m, ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

person or animal especially cherished

• Esperanto: karulo
• Maori: takawairore

• Swedish: kelgris (sv) c, gullegris c

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} huisdier (nl) n
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} háziállat (hu), ^{(please verify)} házi kedvenc

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kjæledyr n

VerbEdit

pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted)

1. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
2. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
3. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
4. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.

   His daughter was petted and spoiled.

5. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)

TranslationsEdit

fondle (an animal)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: kæle
• Dutch: aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: silittää (fi)
• French: caresser (fr)
• Galician: aloumiñar (gl), acariciar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: streicheln (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: simogat (hu), szeretget, babusgat (hu)
• Italian: accarezzare (it)
• Japanese: 撫でる (ja) (naderu)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: гали (gáli), милува (míluva)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: kjæle
• Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласка́ть (ru) (laskátʹ), гла́дить (ru) (gláditʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити, миловати

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Spanish: acariciar (es)
• Swedish: klappa (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: okşamak (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

fondle (another person) amorously

• Danish: kæle
• Dutch: strelen (nl), aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: peloter (fr)
• Galician: aloumiñar (gl), acariciar (gl)
• German: streicheln (de)
• Hungarian: simogat (hu), szeretget, babusgat (hu)
• Macedonian: гали (gáli), милува (míluva)

• Norwegian: kjæle, kose med, kjærtegne (no)
• Portuguese: acariciar (pt), fazer carinho
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласка́ть (ru) (laskátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити, миловати

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Spanish: acariciar (es)
• Swedish: smeka (sv)

intransitive: fondle amorously

• Esperanto: karesiĝi
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: se peloter

• Hungarian: szeretget, babusgat (hu)
• Macedonian: се гали (se gáli)
• Russian: ласка́ться (ru) (laskátʹsja)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from pet

• pet cemetery
• pet name
• pet peeve

• pet project
• pet shop
• pet store

• petting
• teacher's pet

AdjectiveEdit

pet (not comparable)

1. Favourite; cherished.

   a pet child

   The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.

   • (Can we date this quote?) F. Harrison

     Some young lady's pet curate.

2. Kept or treated as a pet.

   pet rock

TranslationsEdit

favourite; cherished

• Hungarian: imádott

kept or treated as a pet

• Hungarian: házi-

• Portuguese: de estimação

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of petulance.

NounEdit

pet (plural pets)

1. 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.

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of petition.

NounEdit

pet (plural pets)

1. Abbreviation of petition.

Etymology 4Edit

Clipping of petal.

NounEdit

pet (plural pets)

1. (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

See alsoEdit

• pet coke

AnagramsEdit

• EPT, Pte, TPE, Tep, ept

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan pet), from Latin pēditum (compare French pet, Spanish pedo, Italian peto).

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpet/

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Related termsEdit

• petar
• petat
• llufa f

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ChuukeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bed.

NounEdit

pet

1. bed
   • 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, Luke 5:24, page 110:

     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

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

NounEdit

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

1. cap (headwear with a peak at the front)

AdjectiveEdit

pet (comparative petter, superlative petst)

1. (slang) bad, crappy

InflectionEdit

Inflection of pet
uninflected	pet
inflected	pette
comparative	petter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		pet	petter	het petst het petste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	pette	pettere	petste
	n. sing.	pet	petter	petste
	plural	pette	pettere	petste
definite		pette	pettere	petste
partitive		pets	petters	—

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French pet, inherited from Latin pēditum.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: pais, pait, paît, paix, paie, paies, pets
• (Québec, informal) IPA^(key): /pɛt/

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

SynonymsEdit

• vesse

Related termsEdit

• péter

Further readingEdit

• “pet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pectus.

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (anatomy) chest

See alsoEdit

• sen

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Middle FrenchEdit

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

pet m anim

1. (colloquial) cigarette butt
2. (colloquial, derogatory) cigarette

DeclensionEdit

declension of pet

	singular	plural
nominative	pet	pety
genitive	peta	petów
dative	petowi	petom
accusative	peta	pety
instrumental	petem	petami
locative	pecie	petach
vocative	pecie	pety

SynonymsEdit

• (cigarette butt): niedopałek
• (cigarette): papieros, fajek, szlug

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English pet.

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt͡ʃ/
  • Homophones: PET, patch

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Brazil, upper class slang) pet (animal kept as a companion)

   Synonyms: animal de estimação (much more common), mascote

See alsoEdit

• pet shop

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RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
• (Sutsilvan) péz

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pectus.

NounEdit

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) chest, thorax

Related termsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun) sain
• (Sursilvan) sein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : pet     Ordinal : peti

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pêːt/

• Audio (Serbia)

  (file)

NumeralEdit

pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)

1. (cardinal) five (5)

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SloveneEdit

Slovene numbers

< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : pét Ordinal : pêti Cardinal adverb : pétkrat Ordinal adverb : pêtič Multiplicative : petóren

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /péːt/
• Tonal orthography: pẹ̑t

NumeralEdit

pét

1. five

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pet (numeral)

	plural
nominative	pet
accusative	pet
genitive	petih
dative	petim
locative	petih
instrumental	petimi

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WestrobothnianEdit

NounEdit

pet n

1. bad worker who does not get anything out of his hands completely done