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cat

Pronunciation: /kat/

“cat” is a Middle English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. cat (feline)

Etymology

From Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), this is in turn from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

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