different between cat vs scarlet

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: k?t, IPA^(key): /kæt/, [k?æt], [k?æt?]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kat/
• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophones: Kat, khat, qat

Etymology 1

From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Alternative forms

• catte (obsolete)

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. An animal of the family Felidae:

   Synonym: felid

   1. A domesticated species (Felis catus) or subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8^thc.]

      • 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.

      Synonyms: puss, pussy, malkin, kitty, pussy-cat, grimalkin; see also Thesaurus:cat

   2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
      • 1985 January, George Laycock, "Our American Lion", in Boy Scouts of America, Boys' Life, 28.

        If you should someday round a corner on the hiking trail and come face to face with a mountain lion, you would probably never forget the mighty cat.
2. A person:
   1. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman. [from early 13^thc.]
      • 1835 September, anonymous, "The Pigs", in The New-England Magazine, Vol. 9, 156.

        But, ere one rapid moon its tale has told, / He finds his prize — a cat — a slut — a scold.

      Synonym: bitch

   2. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
   3. (slang) A person (usually male).
      • 1973 December, "Books Noted", discussing A Dialogue (by James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni), in Black World, Johnson Publishing Company, 77.

        BALDWIN: That's what we were talking about before. And by the way, you did not have to tell me that you think your father is a groovy cat; I knew that.

      Synonyms: bloke, chap, cove, dude, fellow, fella, guy

   4. (slang) A prostitute. [from at least early 15^thc.]
3. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
4. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
5. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
6. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
   1. The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
7. (archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
8. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
9. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
10. (historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.

    Synonyms: tortoise, Welsh cat

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:cat, Thesaurus:man.

• (any member of the suborder (sometimes superfamily) Feliformia or Feloidea): feliform ("cat-like" carnivoran), feloid (compare Caniformia, Canoidea)
• (any member of the subfamily Felinae, genera Puma, Acinonyx, Lynx, Leopardus, and Felis)): feline cat, a feline
• (any member of the subfamily Pantherinae, genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis): pantherine cat, a pantherine
• (technically, all members of the genus Panthera): panther (i.e. tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), (narrow sense) panther (i.e. black panther)
• (any member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, genera Smilodon, Homotherium, Miomachairodus, etc.): Smilodontini, Machairodontini (Homotherini), Metailurini, "saber-toothed cat" (saber-tooth)

Hyponyms

• (domestic species): housecat, malkin, kitten, mouser, tomcat

Derived terms

Translations

See cat/translations § Noun.

Verb

cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

1. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
   • 1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates' Hope, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, page 226:

     The anchors were catted at the bows of the yacht …

2. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
3. (slang) To vomit.
4. To go wandering at night.
5. To gossip in a catty manner.

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. Abbreviation of catamaran.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of catenate.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

Verb

cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

1. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
2. (computing, 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 catastrophic.

Adjective

cat (not comparable)

1. (Ireland, informal) Terrible, disastrous.

Usage notes

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

Etymology 5

Shortened from methcathinone.

Noun

cat (uncountable)

1. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.

Etymology 6

Shortened from catapult.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. (military, naval) A catapult.

Etymology 7

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. Abbreviation of category.

Etymology 8

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. Abbreviation of catfish.
   • 1916, M. Shults, "Fishing for Yellow Cat in the Brazos", in Field and Stream, vol. 21, 478.

     Fishing for cat is probably, up to a certain stage, the least exciting of all similar sports.

Etymology 9

Abbreviation of caterpillar.

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
2. A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.

References

Anagrams

• A. C. T., A.C.T., ACT, ATC, Act., CTA, TAC, TCA, act, act., tac

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cat, from Min Nan ? (chhat), from Middle Chinese ? (tsit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??at?]
• Hyphenation: cat

Noun

cat (first-person possessive catku, second-person possessive catmu, third-person possessive catnya)

1. paint (substance)

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “cat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• cut (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish catt, from Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /k?t??/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kat??/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /k?t??/ (as if spelled cut)

Noun

cat m (genitive singular cait, nominative plural cait)

1. cat (domestic feline; member of the Felidae)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "cat" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cat” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 121.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “cat” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cat” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Malay

Etymology

From Min Nan ? (chhat), from Middle Chinese ? (tsit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??at/
• Rhymes: -t??at, -at

Noun

cat (Jawi spelling ???, informal 1st possessive catku, impolite 2nd possessive catmu, 3rd possessive catnya)

1. paint (substance)

Affixed terms

• bercat
• mengecat (active): to paint
  • dicat (passive): to be painted
• catan: painting (an artwork in the form of a painted picture)
• pengecatan: the action of applying paint to something (e.g. a surface, etc.)
• pengecat: painter (a person whose job is paining buildings)

Further reading

• “cat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• catte

Etymology

From Old English catt, catte; this is in turn from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. cat (feline)

Synonyms

• badde

Descendants

• English: cat
• Scots: cat
• Yola: kaudès (plural)

References

• “cat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French cat (variant of Old French chat) from Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/

Noun

cat m (plural cats, feminine catte)

1. cat
   • c. 1830, 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.)

2. (Jersey) common dab (Limanda limanda)

Derived terms

• catchiéthe (“cat-flap”)

Old French

Noun

cat m (oblique plural caz or catz, nominative singular caz or catz, nominative plural cat)

1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (kat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

cat n (plural caturi)

1. (dated) floor (storey)
   • 1892, Barbu ?tef?nescu Delavrancea, Mr. Vucea:

     Mi-aduc bine aminte c? unul s?rea de la al cincilea cat, ?i c-o mân? î?i ?inea p?l?ria. Grozav îi era de p?l?rie!

     I remember well that one was jumping from the fifth floor, and was holding his hat with one hand. That proud was he of the hat!

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a?t?/

Noun

cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)

1. cat (Felis catus)

Declension

Derived terms

• clòimh-chat

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English scarlet, scarlat, borrowed from Old French escarlate (“a type of cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”). This was long thought to derive from Persian ??????? (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), but the Persian word (first attested in the 1290s) is now thought to be from Arabic ?????????? (siqill?t), denoting very expensive, luxury silks dyed scarlet-red using the exceptionally expensive dye, first attested around the ninth century. The most obvious route for the Arabic word siqill?t to have entered the Romance languages would be via the Arabic-speaking Iberian region of Al-Andalus, particularly Almería, where kermes was produced extensively. The word then came to be used of woollen cloth dyed with the same dye.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk??l?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk??l?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?sk??l?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?t
• Hyphenation: scar?let

Noun

scarlet (plural scarlets)

1. A brilliant red colour tinged with orange.

2. Cloth of a scarlet color.

   • All her household are clothed with scarlet.

Synonyms

• scarlet red

Translations

Adjective

scarlet (comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

1. Of a bright red colour.

   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. Sinful or whorish.

3. (Ireland) Tragic or disappointing.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Verb

scarlet (third-person singular simple present scarlets, present participle scarleting, simple past and past participle scarleted)

1. To dye or tinge with scarlet.
   • 1632, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice

     The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

References

Anagrams

• Clarets, arclets, cartels, castler, castrel, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals