pet

Etymology 1
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion". From and dialectal Northern English, of  origin. Perhaps a back-formation of, a term formerly used to describe children and animals (e.g. pet lambs). Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of, from , , of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European ) origin. Compare.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) An animal kept as a companion.
 * 2)  Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
 * 3) One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
 * 4) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
 * 1) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: troeteldier
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ, حَيَوَان أَلِيف
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ха́тняя жывёла, любі́мец, жывёла-кампаньён, гадава́нец, сво́йскі гадава́нец, ха́тні гадуне́ц
 * Bulgarian: дома́шен люби́мец,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: animal de companyia,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: domácí mazlíček, domácí zvíře
 * Danish: kæledyr
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: dombesto, dorlotbesto, hejmbesto
 * Estonian: lemmikloom
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: animal de compaña, animal de compañía, animal doméstico, mascota
 * Georgian: შინაური ცხოველი, მოშინაურებული ცხოველი
 * German:, , Stubentier,
 * Greek: κατοικίδιο
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पालतू पशु
 * Hungarian:, kis kedvenc, házi kedvenc, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: hewan peliharaan
 * Ingrian: ellään
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, animale d'affezione,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: សត្វចិញ្ចឹម
 * Korean:, 펫
 * Lao:
 * Latin: animal familiāre, animal domesticum, animal mānsuētum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: augintinis
 * Macedonian: домашен миленик, домашно милениче
 * Malay: haiwan peliharaan, binatang manja
 * Maori: mōkai, maimoa
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: łį́į́ʼ
 * Northwestern Ojibwa: bami'aagaans
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjæledyr
 * Nynorsk: kjæledyr
 * Persian: حیوان خانگی,
 * Plautdietsch: Hustia
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, animal de companhia, animal doméstico
 * Romanian: animal de companie
 * Russian:, , , живо́тное-компаньо́н
 * Sardinian: animale de domo, animale de cumpagnia, animale masedu, animale ammasedadu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љубимац, мезимац
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: domáce zviera
 * Slovene: hišni ljubljenček, domača žival
 * Spanish:, animal de compañía,
 * Swahili: mnyama wa nyumbani
 * Swedish:, keldjur,
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: твари́на-вихова́нець, вихова́нець, твари́на-компаньйо́н, пито́мець, улю́бленець, дома́шня твари́на, сві́йська твари́на, твари́нка
 * Vietnamese: thú cưng, vật cưng
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Zulu: isilwane sasekhaya, ukunto, ukuntoko


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Pet,
 * Hungarian: kiskedvenc, ,
 * Latin: grātiōsus
 * Macedonian: љуби́мец, мињо́н
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: миљеник, љубимац, мезимац
 * Roman:, ,


 * Esperanto: karulo
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Latin: dēliciae
 * Maori: takawairore
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: cuccu, ciccíu, beneaminu, beniaminu, ciccíu de domo, fizu de sa pudda bianca, gigi, preferidu
 * Swedish:, gullegris


 * Norwegian:

Verb

 * 1)  To stroke or fondle (an animal).
 * 2)  To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
 * 3) * 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * We kissed & petted for about 15 mins & he still wasn't hard, altho he acted like he was enjoying himself.
 * 1)  To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
 * 2)  To be a pet.
 * 3)  To be peevish; to sulk.
 * 1)  To be a pet.
 * 2)  To be peevish; to sulk.
 * 1)  To be a pet.
 * 2)  To be peevish; to sulk.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:fondle
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:pamper
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:pamper

Derived terms

 * pet the kitty

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, fer moixaines
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, pohladit
 * Danish: kæle
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ליטף
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: lakoittaa
 * Irish: muirnigh, déan peataireacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: гали, милува
 * Malay:
 * Maori: mirimiri, hokomirimiri
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: kjæle
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мазити, миловати
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, polaskat,
 * Danish: kæle
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: гали, милува
 * Maori: tākunekune
 * Norwegian: kjæle, kose med,
 * Portuguese:, fazer carinho
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мазити, миловати
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: галя се
 * Czech:, mazlit se
 * Esperanto: karesiĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French: se peloter
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian: се гали
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1) Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
 * 2) Kept or treated as a pet.
 * 3)  Good; ideal.
 * 1) Kept or treated as a pet.
 * 2)  Good; ideal.
 * 1) Kept or treated as a pet.
 * 2)  Good; ideal.
 * 1)  Good; ideal.
 * 1)  Good; ideal.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: házi-
 * Portuguese: de estimação
 * Welsh:

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.

Etymology 3
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Etymology 4
.

Noun

 * 1) river

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  fart

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) bed

Noun

 * 1) cap

Etymology 1
, inherited from.

Noun

 * 1)  fart

Etymology 2
See the main lemma.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  chest

Etymology
From, probably from. .

Noun

 * 1) cap

Noun

 * 1)  fart, gas, flatulence

Noun

 * 1)  cigarette butt
 * 2)  cigarette
 * 1)  cigarette

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   animal kept as a companion

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  chest, thorax

Etymology
, from.

Numeral

 * 1)  five (5)

Usage notes

 * Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Numeral

 * 1) five

Declension

 * less common

Noun

 * 1) number five

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  eight