kat

See also: Kat, KAT, kát, kăt, kåt, kąt, ką̊t, and k'at

Translingual

Symbol

kat

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

English

Noun

kat (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of khat

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐt/

Noun

kat (plural katte)

  1. cat

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kat).

Noun

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

  1. floor, storey/story

Czech

Noun

kat m

  1. executioner

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • kat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]
  • audio(file)

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

  1. cat
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]
  • audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. khat

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. cat, pussy
  2. female cat
  3. (by extension) feline
Derived terms

Verb

kat

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

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَات‎ (ḵāt)

Noun

kat m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of qat

Anagrams

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French quatre (“four”)

Numeral

kat

  1. (cardinal) four

Etymology 2

From French carte (“map”)

Noun

kat

  1. map

Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːt/

Noun

kat ?

  1. (Kurmanji) sprout, growth

Derived terms

Noun

kat ?

  1. (Sorani) time

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French quatre (“four”).

Numeral

kat

  1. (cardinal) four

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : kat
    Ordinal : katriem

Etymology

From French quatre.

Numeral

kat

  1. (cardinal) four

Derived terms

  • kat ven
  • kat ven dis

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/
  • audio(file)

Noun

kat m pers

  1. executioner, hangman, headsman
    Ku rozczarowaniu tłumu egzekucję na rynku odwołano z powodu choroby kata.
  2. (figuratively) torturer, tormentor

Declension

Derived terms
  • (verb) katować
  • (nouns) katownia, katownik, katusz, katusza
  • (adjectives) kaci, katowski

Synonyms

Romani

Noun

kat f

  1. scissors

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kat). Compare Turkish kat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kât/

Noun

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

  1. (Croatia) floor, story

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • “kat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 400

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkat/

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 [script needed] (kat), from Old Turkic kat‎, from Proto-Turkic *Kat (“layer”).

Noun

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

  1. floor

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kat
Definite accusative katı
Singular Plural
Nominative kat katlar
Definite accusative katı katları
Dative kata katlara
Locative katta katlarda
Ablative kattan katlardan
Genitive katın katların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular katım katlarım
2nd singular katın katların
3rd singular katı katları
1st plural katımız katlarımız
2nd plural katınız katlarınız
3rd plural katları katları

Volapük

Noun

kat (plural kats)

  1. cat

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

West Frisian

Noun

kat c (plural katten)

  1. cat

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kátr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːt/, /kɒːt/, /kɑːt/
    Rhymes: -óːt

Noun

kat m (definite katn, dative katåm)

  1. the first slice of a loaf

Adjective

kat (plural kaat)

  1. lively, frisky
  • kaat f (“friskiness, playfulness”)
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