kat

kat

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

kat (plural kats)

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

kat (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of khat

• ATK, TKA, Tak

From Dutch kat.

• IPA^(key): /kɐt/

kat (plural katte)

1. cat

• → Xhosa: ikati
• → Zulu: ikati

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

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

1. floor, storey

kat m

1. executioner

• popravčí

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]

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kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

1. cat

• huskat

• khat (nonstandard)

• IPA^(key): /kat/, [ˈkʰad̥]

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

1. khat

• “kat” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɑt/

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• Hyphenation: kat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

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

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

1. cat, pussy

   Synonyms: dakhaas, poes

2. female cat

   Synonym: poes

3. (by extension) feline
4. (historical) cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon)

   Synonym: schildpad

• kitten

• Afrikaans: kat
  • → Xhosa: ikati
  • → Zulu: ikati

See the etymology of the main entry.

kat

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

From Arabic خَات‎ (ḵāt)

kat m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of qat

• tak
• t.k.a.

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

From French quatre (“four”)

kat

1. four

From French carte (“map”)

kat

1. map

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːt/

kat ?

1. (Kurmanji) sprout, growth

kat ?

1. (Sorani) time

From French quatre (“four”).

kat

1. four

From French quatre.

kat

1. four

• kat ven
• kat ven dis

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

• IPA^(key): /kat/

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kat m pers

1. executioner, hangman, headsman

   Ku rozczarowaniu tłumu egzekucję na rynku odwołano z powodu choroby kata.

2. (figuratively) torturer, tormentor

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

• (executioner): oprawca
• (torturer): oprawca

kat m anim

1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

• kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kat f

1. scissors

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

• IPA^(key): /kât/

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

1. (Croatia) floor, story

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

• prizemlje

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat/

kat m (genitive singular kata, nominative plural kati, genitive plural katov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. executioner, hangman

• katovský

• kat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

1. floor

kat (plural kats)

1. cat

• hikat (“male cat, tomcat”)
• jikat (“female cat”)
• katil (“small cat, kitty”)
• katül (“young cat, kitten”)

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

1. cat

• “kat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Old Norse kátr.

• IPA^(key): /koːt/, /kɒːt/, /kɑːt/

  Rhymes: -óːt

kat m (definite katn, dative katåm)

1. the first slice of a loaf

kat (plural kaat)

1. lively, frisky

• kaat f (“friskiness, playfulness”)