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kat.

domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɑt/
  1. domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus

    feminine
  2. feline

    broadly · feminine
  3. female cat

    feminine
  4. cat, tortoise (a wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; a medieval siege weapon)

    feminine · historical
  5. cavalier (a raised firing platform)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

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