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cuddle
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain, but probably from a frequentative form of Middle English *cudden, cuththen, keththen (“to embrace”), a variant of cuthen, kuthen, kithen (“to be familiar with, make known”), from Middle English cuth, couth (“known, familiar”), equivalent to couth +? -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch kudden (“to come together, flock together”). More at couth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?d.l?/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Noun
cuddle (plural cuddles)
- A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
Translations
Verb
cuddle (third-person singular simple present cuddles, present participle cuddling, simple past and past participle cuddled)
- (intransitive) To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
- The young lovers cuddled on the couch.
- (transitive) To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
- She cuddled the infant before bedtime.
- I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?
- To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- She cuddles low behind the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- dulced
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pet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?t/, [p??t], [p???t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion". From Scots and dialectal Northern English, of unclear origin. Perhaps a back-formation of petty, pety (“little, small”), a term formerly used to describe children and animals (e.g. pet lambs). Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Old Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European) origin. Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
pet (plural pets)
- An animal kept as a companion.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XIX:
- At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.
- December 21, 1710, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 266
- the love of cronies, pets, and favourites
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XIX:
Synonyms
- companion animal
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted or (nonstandard) pet)
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
- (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk.
Synonyms
- (to stroke or fondle an animal): pat, smooth
- (to stroke or fondle amorously): feel up, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
- (to treat as a pet): coddle, cosset; see also Thesaurus:pamper
- (to be peevish): mope, pout
Derived terms
- petting
Translations
Adjective
pet (not comparable)
- Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
- 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books
- Some young lady's pet curate.
- 1875, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, page 141:
- Major Butler has a pet grievance and a pet aversion, which he forces on the reader in every chapter, and which becomes at last very wearisome.
- 1991, Deborah G. Douglas, United States Women in Aviation, 1940-1985, page 9:
- In an interview with Flying magazine, Heberding commented that her pet annoyance was "the reluctance of people generally to accept a woman whether as a pilot or a preflight inspector."
- 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books
- Kept or treated as a pet.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Clipping of petulance.
Noun
pet (plural pets)
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
Etymology 3
Clipping of petition.
Noun
pet (plural pets)
- Abbreviation of petition.
Etymology 4
Clipping of petal.
Noun
pet (plural pets)
- (Ireland, Tyneside) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
See also
- pet coke
Anagrams
- EPT, PTE, Pte, TPE, Tep, ept
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan pet), from Latin p?ditum (compare French pet, Spanish pedo, Italian peto).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?p?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?p?t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?pet/
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (colloquial) fart
Related terms
- petar
- petat
- llufa f
Further reading
- “pet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English bed.
Noun
pet
- bed
- Iwe upwe pw?r ngeni kemi pwe mi wor an ewe Noun Aramas manamanen omusano tipis won fonufan. Iwe a apasa ngeni ewe mwan mi mwök, 'Upwe erenuk, kopwe uta, kopwe eki om na pet o feinno non imwom!"
- Therefore I will show you that the Son of Man has the power of forgiving sins on earth. So he said to the sick man, 'I tell you, stand, grab your bed and go to your house!"
- Iwe upwe pw?r ngeni kemi pwe mi wor an ewe Noun Aramas manamanen omusano tipis won fonufan. Iwe a apasa ngeni ewe mwan mi mwök, 'Upwe erenuk, kopwe uta, kopwe eki om na pet o feinno non imwom!"
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?t/
- Hyphenation: pet
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)
- cap (headwear with a peak at the front)
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: pet
- ? Indonesian: peci
Adjective
pet (comparative petter, superlative petst)
- (slang) bad, crappy
Inflection
Derived terms
- naatje pet
Descendants
- ? Papiamentu: pèchi (from the diminutive)
French
Etymology
From Old French pet, inherited from Latin p?ditum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?/
- Homophones: pais, pait, paît, paix, paie, paies, pets
- (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): /p?t/
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (colloquial) fart
- (colloquial) (nonstandard) Common apocope for pétard (joint) (pronounced IPA(key): /p?t/ in singular and plural). Rarely pèt.
Synonyms
- vesse
Derived terms
- comme un pet sur une toile cirée
- pet-de-nonne
Related terms
- péter
Further reading
- “pet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin pectus.
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (anatomy) chest
See also
- sen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch pet, probably from French toupet. Doublet of peci.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?t??]
- Hyphenation: pèt
Noun
pet (plural pet-pet, first-person possessive petku, second-person possessive petmu, third-person possessive petnya)
- cap (headwear with a peak at the front)
- Hypernym: topi
Further reading
- “pet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle French
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?t/
Noun
pet m anim (diminutive pecik)
- (colloquial) cigarette butt
- Synonyms: kiep, niedopa?ek
- (colloquial, derogatory) cigarette
- Synonyms: papieros, fajek, szlug
Declension
Further reading
- pet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English pet.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?p?t??/
- Homophones: PET, patch
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (Brazil, upper class slang) pet (animal kept as a companion)
- Synonyms: animal de estimação (much more common), mascote
See also
- pet shop
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
- (Sutsilvan) péz
Etymology
From Latin pectus.
Noun
pet m (plural pets)
- (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) chest, thorax
Related terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) sain
- (Sursilvan) sein
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *p?t?, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pê?t/, /pêt/
Numeral
p?t (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- five (5)
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *p?t?, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pé?t/
Numeral
p??t
- five
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
pet
- genitive dual/plural of peta
Westrobothnian
Noun
pet n
- bad worker who does not get anything out of his hands completely done
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