catte

English

Noun

catte (plural cattes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cat

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

catte

  1. vocative singular of cattus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-Germanic *kattō.

Noun

catte f

  1. cat

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

  • “catte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “catte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norman

Etymology

From Latin catta.

Noun

catte f (plural cattes)

  1. feminine equivalent of cat
  2. (Jersey) tiger moth caterpillar
  3. (Jersey) worm for bait

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattōn. Cognate with Old Frisian katte, Old Saxon katta, Middle Dutch katte (Dutch kat), Old High German kazza (German Katze), Old Norse ketta (Swedish katta). The word existed in the Germanic languages in a masculine gender also, represented in Old English by catt. 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): /ˈkɑt.te/

Noun

catte f

  1. a female cat.

Declension

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