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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)

Symbol
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
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
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Pronunciation

 * enPR: kăt, IPA: /kæt/ , [kʲæʔ] , SAMPA: /k{t/
 * Rhymes: -æt
 * Rhymes: -æt
 * Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1
Old English catt (m.), catte (f.), from Proto-Germanic * kattuz, from Late Latin cattus 'domestic cat', from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial), from Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadís, Berber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute, 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

 * 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.
 * 1)  (   slang   )  Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
 * 2)  (   archaic   )  A sturdy merchant sailing vessel  (   now only in "catboat"   ).
 * 3)  (   archaic ,  &#32;uncountable   )  The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
 * 4)  (   archaic ,  &#32;uncountable   )  The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
 * 5)  (   slang   )  Prostitute. [from at least early 15th c.]

Synonyms

 * (  any member of Felidae   )   :  feline
 * (  domestic species   )   :  housecat, puss, pussy, malkin, kitten, kitty, pussy-cat, mouser, tomcat, grimalkin
 * (  man   )   :  bloke  (   UK   ) , chap  (   British   )  , cove  (   UK   )  , dude, fellow, fella, guy
 * (  spiteful woman   )   :  bitch
 * See also Wikisaurus:cat
 * See also Wikisaurus:man

Derived terms
Terms derived from cat in the above senses

Translations
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

Verb

 * 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
raise anchor to cathead

flog

vomit

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of catamaran.

Noun

 * 1) A catamaran.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of catenate.

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1)  (   computing   )  To apply the cat command to (a file).
 * 2)  (   computing&#32;slang   )  To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Etymology 4
Possibly a shortened form of chaotic.

Adjective
cat (not comparable)


 * 1)  (   Irish ,  &#32;informal   )  terrible, disastrous.
 * The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

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

Anagrams

 * act,, act., Act., ACT
 * ATC
 * tac, TAC
 * TCA
 * TCA

Noun
cat


 * 1) paint

Etymology
From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

 * IPA: [kat̪ˠ]

Noun
cat ''m. ''


 * 1) cat ( domestic feline; member of Felidae )

Declension

 * First declension

Derived terms

 * caitín
 * catach
 * catachas
 * cat crainn
 * cat mara
 * catsúil
 * catúil
 * fearchat

Etymology
From Chinese 漆|漆 (Min Nan: chhat)

Noun
cat


 * 1) paint

Etymology
Turkish kat.

Noun
cat n .   (plural  cate  )


 * 1) floor (storey)

Declension
declension of cat

Etymology
From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

Noun
cat ''m.  (genitive and plural'' cait )


 * 1) cat (animal)

Derived terms

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