kat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"

Symbol

kat

Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.
(international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Georgian.

Etymology 1

Noun

kat (plural kats)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

kat (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of khat.

Etymology 3

Noun

kat (plural kats)

Alternative form of gat.

Anagrams

ATK, TKA, Tak, tak

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/, [kɐt], [kät]
Audio: (file)

Noun

kat (plural katte)

cat

Descendants

→ Xhosa: ikati
→ Zulu: ikati

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Noun

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

floor, storey

Declension

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	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kat	kati	kate	katet
accusative	kat	katin	kate	katet
dative	kati	katit	kateve	kateve
ablative	kati	katit	katesh	kateve

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkat]

Noun

kat m anim

executioner
Synonym: popravčí

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kati, katové
genitive	kata	katů
dative	katovi, katu	katům
accusative	kata	katy
vocative	kate	kati, katové
locative	katovi, katu	katech
instrumental	katem	katy

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Declension of kat (hard masculine animate)

Derived terms

katan
katovna
katův
katyně

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/, [kʰæd̥], [kʰæt]
Audio: (file)

Noun

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

cat

Inflection

More information common gender, Singular ...

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kat	katten	katte	kattene
genitive	kats	kattens	kattes	kattenes

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Derived terms

huskat

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

khat (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰæ̝d̥]
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

khat

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: kat
Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

Noun

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

domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus
Synonyms: dakhaas, poes
(by extension) feline
Synonym: katachtige
female cat
Synonyms: kattin, poes
(historical) cat, tortoise (a wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; a medieval siege weapon)
Synonym: schildpad
(military) cavalier (a raised firing platform)

Derived terms

afkatten
als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
civetkat
de kat in het donker knijpen
de kat sturen
de kat uit de boom kijken
een kat een kat noemen
een kat in de zak kopen
geselkat
huiskat
kat in 't bakkie
kat-en-muisspel
katachtig
kater
kathaai
katoog
katten
kattenbak
kattendoorn
kattengat
kattengejank
kattenjong
kattenklauw
kattenkop
kattenkruid
kattenkwaad
kattenluik
kattenmoeder
kattenoog
kattenpis
kattenstaart
kattenvoer
kattenvrouwtje
kattenwas
kattig
kattin
katuil
katvanger
katvogel
katzwijm
lapjeskat
loopgraafkat
maak dat de kat wijs
mannetjeskat
moeraskat
raskat
rietkat
straatkat
voor de kat zijn viool
vrouwtjeskat
wijfjeskat
wilde kat
zeekat
zwerfkat

Related terms

kitten

Descendants

Afrikaans: kat
- → Xhosa: ikati
- → Zulu: ikati
Jersey Dutch: kāt
Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
Skepi Creole Dutch: kat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kat

inflection of katten:
1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

kat m (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of qat

Anagrams

tak
t.k.a.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/

Etymology 1

Derived from French quatre (“four”).

Numeral

kat

four

Etymology 2

Derived from French carte (“map”).

Noun

kat

map

**Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : kat Ordinal : katriyèmm

Etymology

Inherited from French quatre (“four”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/
Rhymes: -at

Numeral

kat

four

Etymology

Clipping of dekat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kat]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Rhymes: -at
Hyphenation: kat

Preposition

kat

(informal) Alternative form of dekat.

Etymology

Derived from French quatre.

Numeral

kat

four

Derived terms

kat ven
kat ven dis

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑːt/

Noun

kat ?

sprout, growth

Derived terms

kat dan
katdan
katdayî
katder
katderî
katik
katk

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkat/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: kat

Noun

kat m pers

executioner, hangman, headsman
Synonym: oprawca
(figurative) torturer, tormentor
Synonym: oprawca

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kaci/katy
genitive	kata	katów
dative	katu/katowi	katom
accusative	kata	katów
instrumental	katem	katami
locative	kacie	katach
vocative	kacie	kaci/katy

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Derived terms

adjectives

kaci
katowny
katowski

nouns

katowanie
katownia
katownictwo
katownik
katusz
katusza

verbs

Noun

kat m animal

three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	katy
genitive	kata	katów
dative	katowi	katom
accusative	kata	katy
instrumental	katem	katami
locative	kacie	katach
vocative	kacie	katy

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Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kattiyā),^[1] 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kattiya),^[2] from Sanskrit कर्त्त्री (karttrī).^[1]^[2]
Inherited from Sanskrit कर्तरि (kartari).^[2]

Noun

kat f (nominative plural katǎ)

scissors^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

[1]
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karttrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 145
[2]
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kat”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 137b
[3]
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e kat, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 190a
[4]
Andrea Scala (2020) “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kât/

Noun

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

(Croatia) floor, storey

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	katovi
genitive	kata	katova
dative	katu	katovima
accusative	kat	katove
vocative	kate	katovi
locative	katu	katovima
instrumental	katom	katovima

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Synonyms

(Croatia): zboj
(Bosnia, Serbia): sprȁt

References

“kat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kat]
Audio: (file)

Noun

kat m pers (relational adjective katovský)

executioner, hangman

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kati
genitive	kata	katov
dative	katovi	katom
accusative	kata	katov
locative	katovi	katoch
instrumental	katom	katmi

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Derived terms

katovstvo

Alternative forms

khat

Noun

kat c

khat (a shrub, including when used as a recreational drug)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Declension of *kat*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kat	kats
singular	definite	katen	katens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

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References

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

floor, storey, level
fold, layer
times
On kat daha güçlü
Ten times stronger
(mathematics) multiple

Declension

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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
Nominative
	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
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	katımı	katlarımı
2nd singular	katını	katlarını
3rd singular	katını	katlarını
1st plural	katımızı	katlarımızı
2nd plural	katınızı	katlarınızı
3rd plural	katlarını	katlarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	katıma	katlarıma
2nd singular	katına	katlarına
3rd singular	katına	katlarına
1st plural	katımıza	katlarımıza
2nd plural	katınıza	katlarınıza
3rd plural	katlarına	katlarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	katımda	katlarımda
2nd singular	katında	katlarında
3rd singular	katında	katlarında
1st plural	katımızda	katlarımızda
2nd plural	katınızda	katlarınızda
3rd plural	katlarında	katlarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	katımdan	katlarımdan
2nd singular	katından	katlarından
3rd singular	katından	katlarından
1st plural	katımızdan	katlarımızdan
2nd plural	katınızdan	katlarınızdan
3rd plural	katlarından	katlarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	katımın	katlarımın
2nd singular	katının	katlarının
3rd singular	katının	katlarının
1st plural	katımızın	katlarımızın
2nd plural	katınızın	katlarınızın
3rd plural	katlarının	katlarının

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Noun

kat (nominative plural kats)

cat (an animal of the family Felidae)

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	kat	kats
genitive	kata	katas
dative	kate	kates
accusative	kati	katis
vocative ¹	o kat!	o kats!
predicative ²	katu	katus

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¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

hikat (“male cat, he-cat, tomcat, tom”)
jikat (“female cat, she-cat, queen”)
katil (“small cat, kitty”)
katül (“young cat, kitten”)

Derived terms

domakat
flätakat
hokat
jokat
katabeit
katabom
katabun
katagobad
katagöb
kataher
katakap
katakluv
katalineg
katalog
katalogoin
katamaläd
katamiov
katanatäl
katapläd
katasüm
katavut
katik
katöf

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Noun

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

cat

Symbol

See also

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Anagrams

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Etymology 3

Noun

Further reading

Anagrams

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Further reading

Etymology

Numeral

Derived terms

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Derived terms

Noun

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Further reading

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