cattus

Meaning

a cat

Concepts

cat

😺

pussy

😺

female cat

Synonyms

feles

😺

felis

murilegus

fēlis

giat

Translations

gatto

😺

gato

😺

gat

😺

gato

😺

kedi

😺

Katze

😺

γάτα

kat

😺

gata

poes

gatta

👸

chat

😺

γάτος

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkat.tʊs]

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language, compare Nubian kadī (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”), or possibly a Wanderwort, compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”). and Proto-Germanic *kattuz.