different between kut vs kat

English

Alternative forms

• goot
• gut

Etymology

From Korean ? (gut), romanized as kut under the McCune-Reischauer romanization system.

Noun

kut

1. A traditional Korean shamanic ritual.

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cubitum. Compare Aromanian cot.

Noun

kut m

1. yardstick

See also

• jard

Cahuilla

Noun

kút

1. fire

Dutch

Alternative forms

• cutte (obsolete)
• kutte (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Derivation from Proto-Germanic *kweþuz (“abdomen, belly”) (compare Old Norse kviðr (“abdomen, belly”) and Gothic ???????????????????? (qiþus, “womb”) is unlikely. Probably kut is cognate with kuit (“spawn”) and kont (“ass”). Also Old Dutch quintuc (“genitals of a female dog”) [8th century] might be related.

Noun

kut f (plural kutten, diminutive kutje n)

1. (vulgar) vulva, especially the vagina; cunt, pussy
2. (vulgar, chiefly Brabantian, derogatory) a strongly disliked person; cunt, fuck

Derived terms

• flapkut
• gratenkut
• kut-
• kutlul
• kut met peren
• kutzwager
• sufkut

Interjection

kut

1. (vulgar, Netherlands) fuck!

Adjective

kut (comparative kutter, superlative kutst)

1. (vulgar, Netherlands) crap, not entertaining

   Synonym: ruk

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kut

1. first-person singular present indicative of kutten
2. imperative of kutten

References

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English good.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kut/, [?kut?]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: kut

Adjective

kut

1. (Finglish) Good.

References

• Hellstrom, Robert W. (1976) , “Finglish”, in American Speech, volume 51, issue 1/2, page 90

Norman

Alternative forms

• coute (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French coute, code (“elbow”), from Latin cubitum, from cub?, cub?re (“lie down, recline”).

Noun

kut m (plural kuts)

1. (Sark, anatomy) elbow

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *k?t?. Compare Compare Czech kout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kû?t/

Noun

k?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. corner
2. angle

Declension

Related terms

• kutak
• pravi kut

Synonyms

• ugao

References

• “kut” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

kut c

1. puppy; a young seal, chiefly of grey seal

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ????????????? (q?¹ut¹), from Proto-Turkic *Kut (“luck, good fortune”).

Noun

kut (definite accusative kutu, plural kutlar)

1. luck

Derived terms

• kutlu

References

Tübatulabal

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kut (“firewood”).

Noun

kut

1. fire

References

• Voegelin, C. F. (July 1958) , “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, issue 3, JSTOR 1263500, pages 221–228

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kut

1. how, in what way (interrogative)
2. how, the way that (relative)

Derived terms

• kut-ni
• kut-se
• koje-kut
• nikut

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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”)