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==English==
{{wikipedia}}
[[Image:Cat03.jpg|thumb|A domestic cat (1.1)]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/kæt/|[kʰæt]|[kʰæʔ]|lang=en}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/kæt/|[kʰæt]|[kʰæʔ]|[kʰeə̯t̚]|[kʰæt̚ ]|[kʰæʔt̚ ]|lang=en}}
* {{audio|En-uk-a cat.ogg|Audio (UK)|lang=en}}
* {{audio|En-us-cat.ogg|Audio (US)|lang=en}}
* {{audio|En-us-inlandnorth-cat.ogg|Audio (US-Inland North)|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|æt|lang=en}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{m|enm|cat}}, {{m|enm|catte}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{m|ang|catt||male cat}} and {{m|ang|catte||female cat}}, from {{etyl|LL.|en}} {{m|la|cattus||domestic cat}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la||catta}} (used around 75 {{B.C.E.}} by Martial)&lt;ref&gt;Douglas Harper, ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cat].&lt;/ref&gt;, from {{etyl|afa|en}} (compare [[Nubian]] ''[[kadís]]'', {{etyl|ber|-}} ''[[kaddîska]]'' 'wildcat'), from [[Late Egyptian]] ''[[čaute]]'',&lt;ref&gt;Jean-Paul Savignac, ''Dictionnaire français-gaulois'', s.v. "[[chat]]" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.&lt;/ref&gt; feminine of ''[[čaus]]'' 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier {{etyl|egy|-}} ''[[tešau]]'' 'female cat'. Cognate with {{etyl|sco|-}} {{m|sco|cat||cat}}, {{etyl|cy|-}} {{m|cy|cath||cat}}, West Frisian {{m|fy|kat||cat}}, {{etyl|frr|-}} {{m|frr|kåt||cat}}, Dutch {{m|nl|kat||cat}}, {{etyl|nds|-}} {{m|nds|Katt|Katt, Katte|cat}}, German {{m|de|Katze||cat}}, Danish {{m|da|kat||cat}}, Swedish {{m|sv|katt||cat}}, {{etyl|is|-}} {{m|is|köttur||cat}}, {{etyl|hy|-}} {{m|hy|կատու||cat|sc=Armn}}, {{etyl|oc|-}} {{m|oc|cat}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

#An animal of the family ''[[Felidae]]'':
#*'''2011''', Karl Kruszelnicki, ''Brain Food'' (ISBN 1466828129), page 53:
#*:Mammals need two genes to make the taste receptor for sugar. Studies in various '''cats''' (tigers, cheetahs and domestic cats) showed that one of these genes has mutated and no longer works.
##A domesticated [[subspecies]] (''[[Felis silvestris catus]]'') of [[feline]] animal, commonly kept as a house [[pet]]. {{defdate|from 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;c.}}
##*{{RQ:WBsnt IvryGt|II}}
##*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or '''cat'''—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
##Any similar animal of the family [[Felidae]], which includes [[lion]]s, [[tiger]]s, bobcats, etc.
#A [[catfish]].
#*'''1913''', {{w|Willa Cather}}, ''[[s:O Pioneers!|O Pioneers!]]'', [[s:O Pioneers!/The Wild Land, II|chapter 2]]:
#*:She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel '''cat'''.
#A person.
##{{lb|en|offensive}} A spiteful or angry [[woman]]. {{defdate|from earlier 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;c.}}
##An enthusiast or player of [[jazz]].
##*'''2008''', {{w|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds}}, "Hold on to Yourself":
##*:I turn on the radio / There's some '''cat''' on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses
##{{lb|en|slang}} A person (usually male).
##{{lb|en|slang}} A [[prostitute]]. {{defdate|from at least early 15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;c.}}
#{{lb|en|nautical}} A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the [[cathead]] of a ship.
#{{lb|en|chiefly|nautical}} {{non-gloss definition|Short form of}} [[cat-o'-nine-tails]].
#*'''1839''', testimony by {{w|Henry L. Pinckney}}, recorded in the ''Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York'' (Assembly No. 335), page 44:
#*:{{...}}he whipped a black man for disobedience of his orders fifty lashes; and again whipped him with a '''cat''', which he wound with wire, about the same number of stripes;{{...}}he used this '''cat''' on one other man, and then destroyed the '''cat''' wound with wire.
#{{lb|en|slang}} Any of a variety of earth-moving [[machine]]s. (from their manufacturer {{w|Caterpillar Inc.}})
#{{lb|en|archaic}} A sturdy merchant sailing vessel {{qualifier|now only in "[[catboat]]"}}.
#{{lb|en|archaic|uncountable}} The game of "[[trap and ball]]" (also called "cat and dog").
##The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
#{{lb|en|slang|vulgar|African American Vernacular English}} A [[vagina]], a [[vulva]]; the female external genitalia.
#*'''1969''', Iceberg Slim, ''Pimp: The Story of My Life'' (Holloway House Publishing):
#*:"What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray '''cat'''."
#*'''2005''', Carolyn Chambers Sanders, ''Sins & Secrets'' (Hachette Digital):
#*:As she came up, she tried to put her '''cat''' in his face for some licking.
#*'''2007''', Franklin White, ''Money for Good'' (Simon and Schuster), page 64:
#*:I had a notion to walk over to her, rip her apron off, sling her housecoat open and put my finger inside her '''cat''' to see if she was wet or freshly fucked because the dream I had earlier was beginning to really annoy me.
#A [[double]] [[tripod]] (for holding a [[plate]], etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|any member of the [[suborder]] (sometimes [[superfamily]]) [[Feliformia]] or [[Feloidea]]}} [[feliform]] ("[[cat-like]]" [[carnivoran]]), [[feloid]] (compare [[Caniformia]], ''{{taxlink|Canoidea|superfamily|noshow=1}}'')
* {{sense|any member of the [[family]] [[Felidae]]}} [[felid]]
* {{sense|any member of the [[subfamily]] [[Felinae]], genera ''[[Puma]]'', ''[[Acinonyx]]'', ''[[Lynx]]'', ''[[Leopardus]]'', and ''[[Felis]]'')}} [[feline cat]], a [[feline]]
* {{sense|any member of the subfamily [[Pantherinae]], genera ''[[Panthera]], [[Uncia]]'' and ''[[Neofelis]]''}} [[pantherine cat]], a [[pantherine]]
* {{sense|technically, all members of the genus ''Panthera''}} [[panther]] (i.e. [[tiger]], [[lion]], [[jaguar]], [[leopard]]), {{qualifier|narrow sense}} [[panther]] (i.e. [[black panther]])
* {{sense|any member of the [[extinct]] subfamily [[Machairodontinae]], genera ''[[Smilodon]]'', {{taxlink|Homotherium|genus|noshow=1}}, {{taxlink|Miomachairodus|genus|noshow=1}}, etc.}} ''{{taxlink|Smilodontini|tribe|noshow=1}}'', ''{{taxlink|Machairodontini|tribe|noshow=1}}'' ''({{taxlink|Homotherini|tribe|noshow=1}}''), ''{{taxlink|Metailurini|tribe|noshow=1}}'', "[[saber-toothed cat]]" ([[saber-tooth]])
* {{sense|domestic species}} [[puss]], [[pussy]], [[malkin]], [[kitty]], [[pussy-cat]], [[grimalkin]]
* {{sense|man}} [[bloke]] {{qualifier|UK|Australia}}, [[chap]] {{qualifier|British}}, [[cove]] {{qualifier|UK}}, [[dude]], [[fellow]], [[fella]], [[guy]]
* {{sense|spiteful woman}} [[bitch]]
* See also [[Wikisaurus:cat]]
* See also [[Wikisaurus:man]]

=====Hyponyms=====
* {{sense|domestic species}} [[housecat]], [[malkin]], [[kitten]], [[mouser]], [[tomcat]]

=====Derived terms=====
&lt;!--Move definitions to separate pages--&gt;
{{der-top|Terms derived from ''cat'' in the above senses}}
* [[a cat may look at a king]]
* [[all cats are grey in the dark]], [[all cats are grey by night]]
* [[alley cat]]
* [[African golden cat]]
* [[Andean cat]]
* [[Asiatic golden cat]]
* [[bay cat]]
* [[black-footed cat]]
* [[bobcat]]
* [[barn cat]]
* [[Burmese cat]], [[Burmese]]
* [[cat and mouse]]
* [[cat box]]
* [[cat food]]
* [[cat that ate the canary]], [[cat that swallowed the canary]]
* [[cat in the meal-tub]]
* [[cat in the sack]]
* [[catbird]]
* [[cat-block]]
* [[cat-burglar]]
* [[catcall]]
* [[cat-eyed]]
* [[caterwaul]]
* [[catfish]]
* [[cat-flap]]
* [[cat-footed]]
* [[cat got someone's tongue]], [[cat got your tongue|cat got your tongue?]]
* [[catgut]]
* [[cat-harpin]]
* [[cathead]], [[cat-head]]
* [[cat-house]]
* [[cat-ice]]
* [[catkin]]
* [[cat-lap]]
* [[cat-lick]]
* [[catlike]]
* [[catling]]
* [[cat litter]]
* [[catloaf]]
* [[catly]]
* [[catmint]]
* [[cat-nap]], [[cat nap]], [[catnap]]
* [[catnip]]
* [[cat-o'-nine-tails]]
* [[cat's cradle]]
* [[cat's eye]]
* [[cat's meat]]
* [[cat's meow]]
* [[cat's pajamas]], the [[cat's pyjamas]]
* [[cat's paw]]
* [[cat scratch fever]]
* [[cat state]]
* [[cat's-tail]]
* [[cat's whisker]]
* [[cat's whiskers]]&lt;!--excellent, outstanding--&gt;
{{der-mid}}
* [[cattish]]
* [[catshit]]
&lt;!--derived from "cattish": * [[cattishness]]--&gt;
* [[cat-trap]]
* [[catty]]
* [[Caturday]]
* [[catwalk]], [[cat-walk]]
* [[cat-witted]]
* [[Chinese desert cat]]
* [[copycat]]
* [[curiosity killed the cat]]
* [[domestic cat]]
* [[fat cat]]
* [[feral cat]]
* [[fight like cats and dogs]]&lt;!-- ~ To fight vigorously without weapons, often used about children (''The children fought like'' '''''cats and dogs''''' ''over who would get the biggest piece of cake.'')--&gt;
* [[fishing cat]]
* [[flat-headed cat]]
* [[Geoffroy's cat]]
* [[housecat]]
&lt;!--inflection of "rain cats and dogs": * [[it's raining cats and dogs]]--&gt;
* [[it would make a cat laugh]]
* [[jungle cat]]
* [[lead a cat-and-dog life]]
* [[leopard cat]]
* [[let the cat out of the bag]]&lt;!-- ~ To divulge a piece of hitherto hidden information (''It would have been a real surprise party, but Mary let the cat out of the bag.'')--&gt;
* [[like a cat in a strange garret]]
* [[like a cat on hot bricks]]
* [[like a cat on a hot tin roof]]
* [[like herding cats]]
* [[like the cat that got the cream]]
* [[little spotted cat]]
* [[lolcat]]
* [[Maine Coon cat]], [[Maine Coon]]
* [[Manx cat]], [[Manx]]
* [[marbled cat]]
* [[native cat]]
&lt;!--* [[nine lives of a cat]]--&gt;
* [[not enough room to swing a cat]]
* [[Pallas cat]]
* [[pampas cat]]
* [[Persian cat]], [[Persian]]
* [[rain cats and dogs]]
* [[reduced cat]]
* [[Russian Blue cat]], [[Russian Blue]]
* [[rusty-spotted cat]]
* [[sand cat]]
&lt;!--phrases beginning "the cat's ..." are listed above, beginning with "cat's..."--&gt;
* [[scaredy-cat]]
* [[Schrödinger's cat]]
* [[Siamese cat]], [[Siamese]]
* [[spokescat]]
* [[tabby cat]], [[tabby]]
* [[there's more than one way to skin a cat]], [[there is more than one way to skin a cat]]
* [[tom cat]], [[tomcat]]
* [[wait for the cat to jump]]
* [[wildcat]], [[wild cat]]
* [[when the cat's away the mice will play]]
{{der-bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|domestic species}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|ацгә|sc=Cyrl}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|mië}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|кӏэтыу|sc=Cyrl}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|kat}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|チャペ|tr=cape}}
* Akan: {{t|ak|agyinamoa|n}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|mace|f}}
* Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Chàtz}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ድመት|sc=Ethi}}
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{t|apw|gídí}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|قط|m|tr=qiṭṭ|sc=Arab}}, {{t+|ar|قطة|f|tr=qiṭṭa|sc=Arab}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|قط|m|tr=’uṭṭ}}, {{t|arz|قطة|f|tr=’uṭṭɑ}}, {{t|arz|بسة|f|tr=bissa|sc=Arab}}
*: Libyan: {{t|ar|قطوس|m|tr=gɑṭṭūs|sc=Arab}}, {{t|ar|قطوسة|f|tr=gɑṭṭūsa|sc=Arab}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|مش|tr=mešš}}, {{t|ary|مشة|f|tr=mešša}}
* Aramaic:
*: Syriac: {{t|arc|ܫܘܢܪܐ|m|tr=šūnārā’|sc=Syrc}}, {{t|arc|ܫܘܢܪܬܐ|f|tr=šūnārtā’|sc=Syrc}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կատու|sc=Armn}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|cãtushe}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|মেকুৰী|tr=mekuri|sc=Beng}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|gatu|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|кету|sc=Cyrl}}
* Azeri: {{t+|az|pişik}}
* Bakung: {{t|xkl|miew}}
* Baluchi: {{t|bal|پشی|tr=piší|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t|bal|گربگ|tr=gurbag|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Bambara: {{t|bm|jakuma}}
* Bandjalang: {{t|bdy|budhigehn}}, {{t|bdy|budhigahn}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бесәй|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|katu}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{t|sne|singow}}
* Bavarian: {{t|bar|Katz|f}}, {{t|bar|Koda|m}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|ко́шка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|be|кот|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বেড়াল|tr=beṛāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|বিলাড়|tr=bilāṛ|sc=Beng}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kazh|m}}, {{t+|br|kaz|m}}
* Buginese: {{t|bug|coki}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ко́тка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|ко́так|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|котара́к|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကြောင်|sc=Mymr}}
* Buryat: {{t|bua|миисгэй|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gat|m}}, {{t+|ca|gata|f}}, {{t+|ca|mix|m}}, {{t|ca|mixa|f}}, {{t+|ca|moix|m}}, {{t|ca|moixa|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|iring}}
* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{t|tzm|ⴰⵎⵓⵛⵛ|tr=amušš}}
* Central Melanau: {{t|mel|sieng}}
* Chagatai: {{t|chg|پیشیک|tr=pişik|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t|chg|موشوک|tr=muşuq|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|mishi}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|цициг|sc=Cyrl}}
* Cherokee: {{t+|chr|ᏪᏌ|tr=wesa}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|貓|tr=maau1|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|貓|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|猫|tr=māo|sc=Hani}}
*: Min Nan: {{t+|nan|貓|tr=niau|sc=Hans}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|кушак|sc=Cyrl}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲉⲙⲟⲩ|tr=emou|sc=Copt}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kath|f}}
* Cree: {{t|cr|ᐴᔒ|tr=puushii}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kočka|f}}, {{t+|cs|kocour|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|huskat}}, {{t+|da|kat|c}}
* Dargwa: {{t|dar|гата|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ފައި}}, {{t|dv|ބުޅާ|sc=Thaa}}
* Dhuwal: {{t|duj|marurrumburr}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|huiskat}}, {{t+|nl|kat|m}}, {{t+|nl|poes|f}}, {{t+|nl|kater|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t|egy|mjw|sc=Egyp}}
*: &lt;hiero&gt;W19-M17-G43-E13&lt;/hiero&gt;
* Erzya: {{t|myv|псака}}, {{t|myv|катка}}, {{t|myv|писай}}
* Eshtehardi: {{t|esh|گوربیه|tr=gurbiya|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Esperanto: {{qualifier|♂}} {{t+|eo|kato}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|eo|virkato}}, {{qualifier|♀}}, {{t+|eo|katino}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|eo|katido}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|eo|katidino}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kass}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|dadi}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ketta|f}}, {{t|fo|húsketta|f}}, {{t|fo|køttur|m}}, {{t|fo|húskøttur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kissa}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t|frp|chat|m}}, {{t|frp|chatta|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chat|m}}, {{t+|fr|chatte|f}}
*: Old French: {{t|fro|chat|m}}, {{t|fro|chate|f}}
*: Middle French: {{t|frm|chat|m}}, {{t|frm|chatte|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|gjat|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|gato}}
* Gamilaraay: {{t|kld|burrgiyan}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კატა|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|de|Katze|f}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t+|de|Kater|m}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t+|de|Kätzin|f}}, {{t|de|Pantoffegtiger|m}} {{qualifier|humorous}}
* Gilbertese: {{t|gil|katama}}
* Gooniyandi: {{t|gni|minyawoo}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γάτα|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|γάτος|m|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|γαλέη|f|sc=polytonic}}, {{t|grc|αἴλουρος|m|f|sc=polytonic}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|qitsuk}}
* Guaraní: {{t+|gn|mbarakaja}}
* Gujarati: {{t+|gu|બિલાડી|f|tr=bilāḍī|sc=Gujr}}, {{t|gu|બિલાડો|m|tr=bilāḍo|sc=Gujr}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|kyanwa|f|agt=kyânwā}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|pōpoki}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חָתוּל|m|tr=khatul|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|he|חתולה|f|tr=khatula|sc=Hebr}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|kuring}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बिल्ली|f|tr=billī|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|hi|बिल्ला|m|tr=billā|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|macska}}, {{t+|hu|kandúr|m}}, {{qualifier|childish}} {{t+|hu|cica}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|köttur|m}}, {{t+|is|kisa|f}}
* Ido: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|io|kato}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t+|io|katulo}}, {{qualifier|♀}}, {{t+|io|katino}}, {{qualifier|♂♀ offspring}} {{t+|io|katyuno}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|io|katyunulo}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|io|katyunino}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|pusa}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kucing}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|цициг|sc=Cyrl}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|catto|m}}, {{t|ia|catta|f}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cat|m}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|catt|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gatto|m}}, {{t+|it|gatta|f}}, {{t+|it|micio|m}}, {{t+|it|micia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|猫|tr=[[ねこ]], neko}}
* Kabardian: {{t|kbd|джэду}}
* Kabyle: {{t|kab|amcic|m}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|мис|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಬೆಕ್ಕು|sc=Knda}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{t|krc|киштик|tr=kiştik|sc=Cyrl}}
* Karakalpak: {{t|kaa|pıshıq}}
* Kashubian: {{t+|csb|kòt}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|мысық|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khakas: {{t|kjh|хоосха|tr=xoosxa|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ឆ្មា|tr=chmā|sc=Khmr}}
* Kimaragang: {{t|kqr|tusing}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{t|kpv|кань|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kpv|кань|sc=Cyrl}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|고양이|sc=Hang}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|мишик|tr=mişik|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kurdish:
*: Sorani: {{t|ku|پشیله‌}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Kutenai: {{t|kut|pu·s}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|мышык|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ladin: {{t|lld|giat|m}}
* Lak: {{t|lbe|ччиту}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ແມວ|sc=Laoo}}
* Latgalian: {{t|gtg|kačs|m}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|feles|f}}, {{t|la|cattus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kaķis|m}}, {{t+|lv|kaķene|f}}
* Laz: {{t|lzz|კატუ|sc=Geor}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|gt|katė|f}}, {{t+|gt|katinas|m}}
* Lojban: {{t+|jbo|mlatu}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Kaz|f}}, {{t|lb|Kueder|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|мачка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|мачор|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay:
*: Rumi: {{t+|ms|kucing}}
*: Jawi: {{t|ms|کوچيڠ|sc=Arab}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പൂച്ച|sc=Mlym}}
* Magtese: {{t|mt|qattus|m}}, {{t|mt|qattusa|f}}, {{t|mt|qtates|p}}
* Manx: {{t+|gv|kayt|m}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|poti}}, {{t|mi|ngeru}}, {{t|mi|tori}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मांजर|f|tr=mānjar|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|mr|बोका|m|tr=bokā|sc=Deva}}
* Maricopa: {{t|mrc|posh}}
* Mazanderani: {{t|mzn|بامشی|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Meänkieli: {{t|fit|kissa}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|კატუ|sc=Geor}}
* Miyako: {{t|mvi|マユ|tr=maju}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|муур|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mn|мий|sc=Cyrl}}
* Montagnais: {{t|moe|minush}}
* Murrinh-Patha: ''ku'' [[yirrthip]]
* Nama: {{t|naq|ǀhôas}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|gídí}}, {{t|nv|mósí}}, {{t|nv|másí}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|बिरालो|tr=birālō|sc=Deva}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|paha|c5|c6}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|мысык|tr=mısıq|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|cat|m}}
* North Frisian: {{qualifier|Mooring dialect}} {{t|frr|kåt|f}}, {{qualifier|Föhr-Amrum}} {{t|frr|kaat|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|huskatt|m}}, {{t+|no|katt|m}}, {{t+|no|katte|f}}
* Novial: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|nov|kate}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|nov|kato}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|nov|kata}}, {{qualifier|♂♀ offspring}} {{t|nov|katyune}}, {{qualifier|♂ offspring}} {{t|nov|katyuno}}, {{qualifier|♀ offspring}} {{t|nov|katyuna}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|gat|m}}, {{t+|oc|cat|m}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|gaazhagens}} {{qualifier|animate}}
* Okinawan: {{t|ryu|まやー|tr=mayaa}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|котъка|f|sc=Cyrs}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|котъка|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|catt|m}}
* Oriya: {{t|or|ବିଲେଇ|tr=bilē'i|sc=Orya}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|гӕды|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|کدی|tr=kädi|sc=ota-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گربه|tr=gorbe|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t+|fa|پیشی|tr=piši|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kot|m}}, {{t+|pl|kotka|f}}, {{t+|pl|kocur|m}}, {{t|pl|kocica|f}}, {{t+|pl|kotek|m}} (diminutive)
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gato|m}}, {{t+|pt|gata|f}}, {{t|pt|gato-doméstico|m}}, {{t+|pt|bichano|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਬਿੱਲੀ|tr=billī|sc=Guru}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|bilai}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|gat}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|muca|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pisică|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|giat|m}}, {{t|rm|giatta|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ко́шка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|кот|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|pusi}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|मार्जार|m|tr=mārjāra|sc=Deva}}, {{t|sa|बिडाल|m|tr=biḍāla|sc=Deva}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|gattu|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t+|gd|cat|m}}
* Sebop: {{t|sib|miew}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|мачка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|мачак|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mačka|f}}, {{t+|sh|mačak|m}}
* Seri: {{t|sei|miist}}, {{t|sei|ziix canaao}}, {{t|sei|ziix ihamoc ano catax}}
* Shor: {{t|cjs|кöшке|tr=köşke|sc=Cyrl}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|jattu|m}}, {{t+|scn|gattu|m}}
* Sindhi: {{t+|sd|ٻلي|tr=ḅilī|agt=ٻِليِ|sc=sd-Arab}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|පූසා|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mačka|f}}, {{t|sk|kocúr|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|maček|m}}, {{t+|sl|mačka|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|bisad}}, {{t|so|dinad}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|kócka|f}}, {{t|dsb|kócor|m}}, {{t|dsb|mačka|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|kočka|f}}
* Sotho: {{t+|st|katse}}
* Southern Agtai: {{t|agt|киске|tr=kiske|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gato|m}}, {{t+|es|gata|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|êméng}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|paka|c9|c10}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|katt|c}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|гату|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tagal Murut: {{t|mvv|using}}, {{t|mvv|biung}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|pusa}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|гурба|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tg|пишак|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tg|пушак|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பூனை|sc=Taml}}, {{t+|ta|பூசை|sc=Taml}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|mų̀si’ína}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|мәче|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|tt|песи|sc=Cyrl}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పిల్లి|sc=Telu}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|busa}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แมว|tr=maew|sc=Thai}}, {{t+|th|วิฬาร์|tr=wílaa|sc=Thai}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཞི་མི|sc=Tibt}}
* Tigrinya: {{t+|ti|ድሙ|sc=Ethi}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|pusi}}
* Torres Strait Creole: {{t|tcs|pusiket}}
* Tswana: {{t|tn|katse}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kedi}}, {{t+|tr|pisi}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|pişik}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|диис|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|tyv|моортай|sc=Cyrl}}
* Uab Meto: {{t|aoz|meo}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кіт|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|кі́шка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Umbundu: {{t|umb|ongato}}
* Unami: {{t|unm|pushis}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بلی|f|tr=billī|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|مۈشۈك|sc=ug-Arab}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|mushuk}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|con mèo}}, {{t+|vi|mèo}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kat}} {{qualifier|male or female}}, {{t+|vo|hikat}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t+|vo|jikat}} {{qualifier|female}}, {{t|vo|hokat}} {{qualifier|castrated male}}, {{t|vo|jokat}} {{qualifier|spayed female}}, {{t|vo|katül}} {{qualifier|male or female offspring}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|tchet|m}}, {{t+|wa|cate|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cath|f}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{t|bdr|using}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|kat|c}}
* Wik-Mungkan: {{t|wim|ku'waak}}
* Wolof: {{t+|wo|muus}}, {{t|wo|wundu|agt=wundu wi}}
* Xhosa: {{t|xh|ikati}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|куоска|sc=Cyrl}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קאַץ|f|tr=kats|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|yi|קעץ|p|tr=kets|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|yi|קאָטער|m|tr=koter|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|yi|קאָטערס|p|tr=koters|sc=Hebr}}
* Yindjibarndi: {{t|yij|buthi}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ológìnní}}, {{t|yo|ológbò}}
* Zulu: {{t+|zu|ikati|c5|c6}}, {{t|zu|ingobe|c5|c6}}
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{{trans-top|member of the suborder (or superfamily) Feliformia (Feloidea), "cat-like" carnivorans}}
* French: {{t|fr|féliforme|m}}, {{t|fr|féliformes|p}}, {{t|fr|féloidé|m}}, {{t|fr|féloidés|p}}
* German: {{t|de|Katzenartige|m}}, {{t|de|Katzenartige|f}}, {{t|de|Katzenartigen|p}}, {{t|de|Feliformia|p}}, {{t|de|Feloidea|p}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|member of the family ''Felidae''}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|kat}}
* Azeri: {{t+|az|pişik}}
* Bambara: {{t|bm|jakuma}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|katu}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kaz}}, {{t+|br|kazh|m}}, {{t+|br|kazhez|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ко́тка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gat|m}}, {{t+|ca|gata|f}}, {{t|ca|felí|m}}, {{t|ca|felina|f}}
* Cherokee: {{t+|chr|ᏪᏌ|tr=wesa}}, {{t|chr|ᏪᏏ|tr=wesi}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|貓|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|猫|tr=māo|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|šelma kočkovitá|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kat|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kat}}, {{t+|nl|katachtige}}, {{t|nl|felien}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kato}}, {{qualifier|eo: Felisedoj, la: Felidae}} {{t|eo|felisedo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kaslane}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ketta|f}}, {{t|fo|húsketta|f}}, {{t|fo|køttur|m}}, {{t|fo|húskøttur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kissaeläin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|félin|m}}, {{qualifier|la famille des félidés}} {{t+|fr|félidé|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Katze|f}}, {{t|de|Felide|m}}, {{t|de|Felide|f}}, {{t|de|Feliden|p}}, {{t|de|Felidae|p}}
* Greek: (general) {{t+|el|αιλουροειδές|n|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αίλουρος|m|sc=Grek}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|qitsuk}}
* Gujarati: {{t+|gu|બિલાડી|f|tr=bilāḍī|sc=Gujr}}, {{t|gu|બિલાડો|m|tr=bilāḍo|sc=Gujr}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חָתוּל|tr=khatul|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बिल्ली|f|tr=billī|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|hi|बिल्ला|m|tr=billā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|विडाल|m|tr=vidāl}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|macska}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|köttur|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kucing}}, {{t+|id|cat}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|felin}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cat|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|felino|m}}, {{t+|it|felina|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ネコ|tr=[[ねこ]], neko}}
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* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|pusa}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|feles|f}}, {{t+|la|felis|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kaķis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|gt|katė|f}}
* Lojban: {{t+|jbo|mlatu}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Kaz|f}}, {{t+|lb|Kazen|p}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|мачка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kucing}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मांजर|f|tr=mānjar|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|mr|बोका|m|tr=bokā|sc=Deva}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kattedyr|n}}, {{t+|no|katt|m}}
* Novial: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|nov|kate}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|nov|kato}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|nov|kata}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kot|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|felino|m}}, {{t|pt|felina|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pisică|f}}, {{t+|ro|motan|m}}, {{t+|ro|cotoi|m}}, {{t+|ro|mâță|f}}, {{t+|ro|felină|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ко́шка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t+|gd|cat|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|мачка|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|мачак|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mačka|f}}, {{t+|sh|mačak|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mačka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|mačka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|felino|m}}, {{t+|es|felina|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kattdjur|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|pusa}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పిల్లి|sc=Telu}}, {{t+|te|మార్జాలము|sc=Telu}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แมว|tr=maew|sc=Thai}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kedi}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|pişik}}
* Tz'utujil: {{t|tzj|mix}}, {{t|tzj|sya}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بلى|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mèo}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|kat|c}}
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{{trans-top|member of the subfamily Felinae}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|feliseno}}
* French: {{t|fr|féliné|m}}
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* German: {{t|de|Kleinkatze|f}}, {{t|de|Feline|m}}, {{t|de|Feline|f}}, {{t|de|Felinen|p}}, {{t|de|Felinae|p}}
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{{trans-top|member of the subfamily Pantherinae}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|pantereno}}
* French: {{t|fr|panthériné|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t+|de|Großkatze|f}}, {{qualifier|Switzerland, Liechtenstein}} {{t+|de|Grosskatze|f}}, {{t|de|Pantherine|m}}, {{t|de|Pantherine|f}}, {{t|de|Pantherinen|p}}, {{t|de|Pantherinae|p}}
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{{trans-top|member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|maĥairodeno}}
* French: {{t|fr|machairodontiné|m}}, {{t|fr|machairodontinés|p}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t|de|Säbelzahnkatze|f}}, {{t|de|Machairodontine|m}}, {{t|de|Machairodontine|f}}, {{t|de|Machairodontinen|p}}, {{t|de|Machairodontinae|p}}
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{{trans-see|type of fish|catfish}}

{{trans-see|spiteful woman|bitch}}

{{trans-top|jazz enthusiast}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|guy, fellow}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fyr}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cara|m}}, {{t+|pt|rapaz|m}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|tío|m}}, {{t+|es|tipo|m}}
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{{trans-top|strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kat}}, {{t|da|ankerkat}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ankkuritalja}}
{{trans-mid}}
* French: {{t+|fr|capon|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|cat-o'-nine-tails}}

{{trans-see|type of boat|catboat}}

{{trans-top|game of "trap and ball" (or "cat and dog")}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|the trap in the game of "trap and ball"}}
{{trans-mid}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Albanian: {{t-check|sq|macja}}
* Basque: {{t+check|eu|katu}}
* Belarusian: {{t+check|be|ко́шка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Chiricahua: {{t-check|apm|gídí}}
* French: {{qualifier|game of trap and ball, or the trap itself, or both?}} {{t+check|fr|bistoquet|m}}
* Galician: {{t+check|gl|gato}}
* Guaraní: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|gn|mbarakaja}}
* Jicarilla: {{t-check|apj|gídí}}
* Kannada: {{t-check|kn|tr=bekku}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|고양잇과|sc=Hang}}, {{t-check|ko|고양이과의 동물|sc=Hang}}
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* Lipan: {{t-check|apl|gídí}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+check|gt|katė}}
* Macedonian: {{t-check|mk|мачка|sc=Cyrl}}
* Mongolian: {{t-check|mn|муур|sc=Cyrl}}
* Occitan: {{t+check|oc|cat|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t-check|sc|gattu}}, {{t-check|sc|pisittu}}, {{t-check|sc|muscittu}}, {{t-check|sc|pisiddu}}, {{t-check|sc|battu}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|kocúr|m}}, {{qualifier|1}} {{t-check|sk|mačka|f}}
* Tamil: {{t+check|ta|பூனை|sc=Taml}}
* Thai: {{t+check|th|แมว|tr=maew|sc=Thai}}
* Western Apache: {{t-check|apw|gídí}}
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=====See also=====
* [[Burmese]]
* [[feline]]
* [[kitten]], [[kitty]]
* [[Manx]]
* [[Maine Coon]]
* [[meow]]
* [[mog]], [[moggie]], [[moggy]]
* [[miaow]]
* [[nine lives]]
* [[Persian]]
* [[Russian Blue]]
* [[Schrödinger’s cat]]
* [[Siamese]]
* [[tabby]]

====Verb====
{{en-verb|catt}}

# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} To [[hoist]] (the [[anchor]]) by its [[ring]] so that it hangs at the [[cathead]].
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} To flog with a [[cat-o'-nine-tails]].
# {{context|slang|lang=en}} To [[vomit]] something.

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|raise anchor to cathead}}
* Danish: {{t|da|katte}}
* French: {{t+|fr|caponner}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t|it|caponare}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|katte}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|flog}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[fouetter]] avec un [[chat à neuf queues]]}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|vomit}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|opgooi}}, {{t|af|kots}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|brække sig}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|oksendama}}
* Finnish: {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|fi|yrjötä}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|dégobiller}}, {{t+|fr|débecter}}, {{t+|fr|débequeter}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wymiotować}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vomitar}}
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===Etymology 2===
Abbreviation of ''[[catamaran]]''.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[catamaran]].

===Etymology 3===
Abbreviation of ''[[catenate]]''.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{context|computing|lang=en}} A program and command in [[Unix]] that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|catt}}

# {{context|transitive|computing|lang=en}} To [[apply]] the '''cat''' [[command]] to (one or more files).
# {{context|computing|_|slang|lang=en}} 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 {{term|catastrophic|lang=en}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{context|Ireland|informal|lang=en}} [[terrible]], [[disastrous]].
#: ''The weather was '''cat''', so they returned home early.''

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

===Etymology 5===
Shortened from {{term|methcathinone|lang=en}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{non-gloss definition|A street name of the drug [[methcathinone]].}}

===Etymology 6===
Shortened from {{term|catapugt|lang=en}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{context|military|naval|lang=en}} A [[catapugt]].
#: ''a carrier's bow '''cats'''''

===References===
&lt;references/&gt;

===Anagrams===
* [[act#English|act]], [[act.#English|act.]], [[Act.#English|Act.]], [[ACT#English|ACT]], [[ATC#English|ATC]], [[tac#English|tac]], [[TAC#English|TAC]], [[TCA#English|TCA]]

[[Category:English terms with mugtiple etymologies]]
[[Category:English three-letter words]]
[[Category:en:Cats]]
[[Category:en:Felids]]
[[Category:1000 English basic words]]


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==Indonesian==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|ms|id}} {{term|cat|lang=ms}}, from {{etyl|nan|id}} {{term|漆|tr=chhat|lang=nan}}, from {{etyl|gtc|id}} {{term|漆|tr=tsit|lang=gtc}}.

===Noun===
{{id-noun}}

# [[paint]] {{gloss|substance}}

[[Category:id:Liquids]]

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==Irish==
[[File:Gatto europeo4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cat]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|sga|ga}} {{m|sga|catt}}, from {{etyl|la|ga}} {{m|la|cattus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|Munster}} {{IPA|lang=ga|[kɑt̪ˠ]}}
* {{a|Connacht|Ulster}} {{IPA|lang=ga|[kat̪ˠ]}}
* {{a|Cois Fharraige}} {{IPA|lang=ga|[kʊt̪ˠ]}} {{qualifier|as if spelled ''cut''}}

===Noun===
{{ga-noun|cait|cait|g=m}}

# [[#English|cat]] {{qualifier|domestic feline; member of the Felidae}}

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-m1|c|at|ait}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3
|{{l|ga|caitín||catkin}}
|{{l|ga|catach||curly-haired}}
|{{l|ga|catachas||heat (in a cat)}}
|{{l|ga|cat crainn||pine marten}}
|{{l|ga|cat mara||catfish}}
|{{l|ga|catsúil||ogle}}
|{{l|ga|catúil||feline}}
|{{l|ga|fearchat||tomcat}}
}}

===Mutation===
{{ga mut cons|c|at}}

===References===
* {{R:Dinneen|cat}}

{{catlangcode|ga|Cats|Felids}}

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==Lojban==

===Rafsi===
{{jbo-rafsi}}

# {{jbo-rafsi of|cartu}}

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==Malay==
[[File:GreenPaintBucketRome.jpg|thumb|right|200px|cat]]
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|nan|ms}} {{term|漆|tr=chhat|lang=nan}}, from {{etyl|gtc|ms}} {{term|漆|tr=tsit|lang=gtc}}.

===Agternative forms===
* {{l|ms|چت|sc=Arab}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/t͡ʃat/|lang=ms}}
* {{rhymes|t͡ʃat|at|lang=ms}}

===Noun===
{{head|ms|noun|Jawi spelling|چت}}

# [[paint]] {{gloss|substance}}

[[Category:ms:Liquids]]

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==Norman==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|LL.|nrf}} {{m|la|cattus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ka/|lang=nrf}}
* {{audio|Jer-cat.ogg|Audio (Jersey)|lang=nrf}}

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m|f=catte}}

# {{l|en|cat}}
#* {{circa|1830}} {{w|George Métivier}}, ‘Lamentations de Damaris’:
#*: Où'est donc qu'j'iron, mé et mes puches / Ma '''catte''', et l'reste de l'écu?
#* '''2006''', Peggy Collenette, ‘D'la gâche de Guernési’, ''P'tites Lures Guernésiaises'', Cromwell Press 2006, page 20:
#*: Ils d'visirent pour enne haeure, mais la Louise était pas chagrinaïe au tour sa pâte, pasqué a savait que le '''cat''' était à gardaïr la pâte caoude. (''They talked for an hour, but Louise was not worried about her dough, because she knew that the '''cat''' was keeping the dough warm.'')
# {{lb|nrf|Jersey}} {{vern|common dab}} ({{taxlink|Limanda limanda|species}})

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nrf|catchiéthe||cat-flap}}

{{catlangcode|nrf|Cats|Felids|Fish}}

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==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{enm-noun}}

# {{l|en|cat}} (feline)

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==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{etyl|tr|ro}} {{term|kat|lang=tr}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|cate}}

# [[floor]] ([[storey]])

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n|pl=cate}}

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==Scottish Gaelic==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|sga|gd}} {{term|catt|lang=sga}}, from {{etyl|la|gd}} {{term|cattus|lang=la}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/kʰaʰt̪/|lang=gd}}

===Noun===
{{gd-noun|g=m|gen=cait|pl=cait}}

# [[#English|cat]] {{gloss|animal}}

====Declension====
{{gd-decl-noun-indef|cat|cait|a chat|a chata|cait|chat|cat|cait}}

{{gd-decl-noun-def|an cat|na cait|a’ chait|nan cat|a’ chat|na cait}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l/gd|clòimh-chat}}

[[Category:gd:Cats]]
[[Category:gd:Mammals]]
[[Category:en:Catfish]]
[[Category:gd:Male animals]]


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[[simple:cat]]
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[[ug:cat]]
[[vec:cat]]
[[vi:cat]]
[[wa:cat]]
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