different between catt vs axis

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse k?ttr (Swedish katt), Old High German kazzo. A related word also existed in the Germanic languages with the feminine gender, represented in Old English by catte. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?tt/, [k?t]

Noun

catt m

1. cat

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: cat
  • English: cat
  • Scots: cat

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta, possibly from Afroasiatic, but see cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

catt m (genitive caitt)

1. cat
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10

     catt ab eo quod est cattus

Inflection

Derived terms

• caittín
• catán

Descendants

• Irish: cat
• Manx: kayt
• Scottish Gaelic: cat

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/
• Hyphenation: ax?is

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century.

Noun

axis (plural axes)

1. (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

2. (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
3. (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine

   Synonym: epistropheus

4. (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
5. (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

Coordinate terms

• (cervical vertebra): atlas

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.

Noun

axis (plural axises)

1. Axis axis, a deer native to Asia.

   Synonyms: chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer

Translations

See also

• Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Axis axis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-i-s, from *h?e?s- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Sanskrit ???? (ák?a, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ak.sis/, [?äks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ak.sis/, [??ksis]

Noun

axis m (genitive axis); third declension

1. An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
2. The North Pole.
3. The heavens or a region or clime of these.
4. A board, plank.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• axis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• axis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• axis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• axis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• axis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary