Cat

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related terms 2.2 Translations 3 Verb 4 Proverbs/Idioms 5 Nevbosh 6 Verb

Pronunciation

1. A species of predatory animal with retractable claws, commonly kept as a house pet. (Scientific: Felis catus)
2. A member of the group of animals known as Felidae, which includes lions, tigers etc.
3. nautical terminology: A contraction of cat o'nine tails, a whip.
4. medical terminology: A CAT (computed axial tomography) scan. A computer-assisted image of the body from X-ray pictures.

• Albanian: macja
• Arabic: قِطٌّ (qiTT)
• Basque: katu
• Bavarian: Katz f (1), Koda m (1)
• Belarusian: кошка
• Breton: kazh m kizhier pl, kazhez f -ed pl
• Bulgarian: котка (kotka)
• Catalan: gat, moix m, gata, moixa f
• Chinese: 猫
• Cockney Rhyming Slang: ball of fat
• Croatian: mačka
• Czech: kočka f
• Danish: kat
• Dutch: kat m, poes f, kater m
• Esperanto: kato
• Estonian: kass
• Faroese: ketta
• Finnish: kissa
• French: chat m, chatte f
• Frisian: kat
• Friulian: gjat
• Gallegan: gato
• German: Katze f (1, 2), Kater m (1), Neunschwänzige Katze f (3)
• Guaraní: mbarakaja (1)
• Greek: αγριόγατα
• Hebrew: חתול
• Hungarian: macska
• Icelandic: köttur
• Indonesian: kucing
• Interlingua: catto m, catta f (1); felino m, felina f;
• Irish: cat
• Italian: gatto m
• Japanese: 猫 (ねこ, neko)
• Korean: 고양이 (go-yang-i)
• Ladin: giat
• Latin: feles f, cattus m (later)
• Latvian: kaķis
• Lithuanian: katė
• Lower Sorbian: kocka
• Macedonian: мачка (mačka)
• Maltese: qattus
• Mongolian: муур (muur)
• Norwegian: katt
• Occitan: cat
• Polish: kot m, kotka f, kotek m, kocur m, kocica 'f''
• Portuguese: gato m, gata f (1); felino m, felina f (2)
• Romanian: pisică f, motan m, cotoi m, mâţă f
• Romansh: giat
• Romany: murtano m mutsa]] f
• Russian: кот m (masculine), кошка (koška) f (feminine)
• Sami: bussá
• Sardinian: gattu, pisittu, muscittu/-a, pisiddu, battu
• Scottish: cat
• Serbian: мачка (mačka)
• Slovak: mačka
• Slovenian: mačka
• Slovio: kot "n"
• Spanish: gato m
• Swedish: katt
• Turkish: kedi
• Ukrainian: кіт, кішка (kit, kiška)
• Upper Sorbian: kóčka
• Welsh: cath

1. (Computer jargon): To direct the contents of an entire file to the screen or some other output device without pause. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at an unprepared target or with no intention of browsing it carefully. Origin: contraction of the word concatenate. Usage: Rare outside Unix sites.

• "The cat's whiskers" ~ excellent, outstanding
• "Cat and mouse game" ~ to toy with someone or something
• "While the cat's away the mice will play" ~ in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of the situation.
• "The cat's meow" ~ a self-satisfied person