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Translingual

Symbol

kat

1. Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kat (plural kats)

1. An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.

Etymology 2

Noun

kat (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of khat

Anagrams

• ATK, TKA, Tak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [k?t], [kät]

Noun

kat (plural katte)

1. cat

Descendants

• ? Xhosa: ikati
• ? Zulu: ikati

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

kat m (indefinite plural kate, definite singular kati, definite plural katet)

1. floor, storey

Declension

Central Kurdish

Noun

kat (kat)

1. time

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kat?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kat]

Noun

kat m anim

1. executioner

   Synonym: poprav?í

Declension

Derived terms

• kat?v
• katan
• katovna
• katyn?

Further reading

• kat in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kat in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse k?ttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [?k?ad?]

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

1. cat

Inflection

Derived terms

• huskat

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• khat (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [?k?ad?]

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, not used in plural form)

1. khat

Further reading

• “kat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?t/
• Hyphenation: kat
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *katt?, from Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

Noun

kat f (plural katten, diminutive katje n, masculine kater or mannetjeskat)

1. cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus

   Synonyms: dakhaas, poes

2. female cat

   Synonym: poes

3. (by extension) feline
4. (historical) cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon)

   Synonym: schildpad

5. (military) cavalier (raised firing platform)

Derived terms

Related terms

• kitten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kat
  • ? Xhosa: ikati
  • ? Zulu: ikati

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of katten
2. imperative of katten

Etymology 3

Noun

kat m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of qat

Anagrams

• tak
• t.k.a.

Further reading

• “kat” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French quatre (“four”)

Numeral

kat

1. four

Etymology 2

From French carte (“map”)

Noun

kat

1. map

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French quatre (“four”).

Numeral

kat

1. four

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quatre.

Numeral

kat

1. four

Derived terms

• kat ven
• kat ven dis

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Noun

kat ?

1. sprout, growth

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *kat?. Cognate to Czech kat, Slovak kat, Upper Sorbian kat and Lower Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

kat m pers

1. executioner, hangman, headsman

2. (figuratively) torturer, tormentor

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) katowa?
• (nouns) katownia, katownik, katusz, katusza
• (adjectives) kaci, katowski

Synonyms

• (executioner): oprawca
• (torturer): oprawca

Noun

kat m anim

1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

Declension

Further reading

• kat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Noun

kat f

1. scissors

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kât/

Noun

k?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Croatia) floor, story

Declension

Synonyms

• (Croatia): zboj
• (Bosnia, Serbia): spr?t

See also

• prizemlje

References

• “kat” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• Škalji?, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kat?. Cognates include Polish kat, Czech kat, Lower Sorbian kat, and Upper Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kat/

Noun

kat m (genitive singular kata, nominative plural kati, genitive plural katov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. executioner, hangman

Declension

Derived terms

• katovský

Further reading

• kat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”).

Noun

kat (definite accusative kat?, plural katlar)

1. floor, level
2. fold, layer
3. times

Declension

Descendants

• ? Romanian: cat

Volapük

Noun

kat (nominative plural kats)

1. cat

Declension

Hyponyms

• hikat (“male cat, tomcat”)
• jikat (“female cat”)
• katil (“small cat, kitty”)
• katül (“young cat, kitten”)

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?t/

Noun

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

1. cat

Further reading

• “kat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kátr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?t/, /k??t/, /k??t/

  Rhymes: -ó?t

Noun

kat m (definite katn, dative katåm)

1. the first slice of a loaf

Adjective

kat (plural kaat)

1. lively, frisky

Related terms

• kaat f (“friskiness, playfulness”)

English

Alternative forms

• catty
• katti, katty (both obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kati; see below.

Noun

kati (plural katis)

1. (rare, Britain, historical) A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies.

Derived terms

• caddy (chest)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “kati”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Kait, Kita, ikat, taki, tika

Arawak

Noun

kati

1. (Eastern Arawak) moon.

Synonyms

• kathi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ti

Verb

kati

1. to prime; to prepare a mechanism for its main work
2. to keep an amount; often coins; in a wallet, cash register, etc., sometimes superstitiously serving as a charm for money or a talisman for money troubles
3. (of a childless couple) to adopt a child in order to promote child bearing, often superstitiously to persuade a higher power to confer a biological child

Noun

kati

1. that which is used as priming

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kati.

Anagrams

• atik, kiat, kita

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kac?]

Noun

kati

1. nominative/vocative plural of kat

Dutch

Alternative forms

• katje
• katti
• kattie

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kati, see below.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ti

Noun

kati m (plural kati's, diminutive katietje n)

1. A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol, about 625 (other source: 616.7) grams, used in China, Indonesia and Japan.
2. A leaden box fitting such weight, notably to ship tea

Derived terms

• theekatje

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English card.

Noun

k?t?? m (plural k?tun??, possessed form k?tìn)

1. card
2. playing card
3. gambling with cards

Ido

Noun

kati

1. plural of kato

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kati/
• Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i

Noun

kati (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kati-kati, informal 1st possessive katiku, impolite 2nd possessive katimu, 3rd possessive katinya)

1. A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol, about 616.7 grams, used in China, Indonesia (mostly Malay-speaking) and Japan.

Descendants

• English: caddy, caddie, catty

Further reading

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

Miskito

Noun

kati

1. moon

Mwani

Noun

kati 9 (plural kati)

1. middle

Slovak

Noun

kati

1. nominative plural of kat

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kati (n class, plural kati)

1. Alternative form of katikati

Adverb

kati

1. Alternative form of katikati

Preposition

kati

1. Alternative form of katikati

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?ka.ti/
• Hyphenation: ka?ti
• Rhymes: -ati

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qati, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCi. Cognate with Ilocano ati (“dry, evaporated”), Pangasinan kati, and Wolio kaati (“shallowness, low tide”).

Noun

kati

1. low tide; ebb tide; ebb
2. land not reached by sea or rivers
3. land as opposed to sea

Adjective

kati

1. receded (said of tides)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay kati. Cognate with Ilocano kati and Bikol Central kati.

Noun

kati

1. unit of weight equivalent to 623.70 grams or 20 ounces

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (ko?i, “ten million”), presumably through Malay keti (“hundred thousand”).

Noun

kati

1. (mathematics) ten million

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ti/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatel, from Proto-Austronesian *gaCel. Cognate with Ilocano gatel, Kapampangan gatal, Bikol Central gatol, Waray-Waray katol, Maranao gatel, Malagasy hatina, Malay gatal, and Manggarai katel.

Noun

katí

1. itch; itchiness
2. (figuratively) urge; lust

   Synonyms: tukso, hibo, simbuyo

3. (figuratively) restlessness; uneasiness

   Synonyms: balisa, pagkabalisa

Derived terms

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ti?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

Noun

katî

1. clicking sound
2. act of testing the durability (of wood, metal, etc.) by knocking

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *kátiq. Cognate with Ibaloi kati (“rooster trained to lure wild roosters”), Hanunoo kati (“decoy wild cock”), Aklanon kati (“to decoy, entice”), and Maranao kati' (“bantam”).

Noun

katî

1. act of luring birds or fowls with a decoy
2. decoy for birds or fowls
3. enticement; persuasion

   Synonyms: paghimok, pagrahuyo

Derived terms

Anagrams

• kita, tika, taki

Volapük

Noun

kati

1. accusative singular of kat

Whitesands

Numeral

kati

1. one

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68

Zacatepec Chatino

Numeral

kati

1. seven