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  1. 11-17-2006, 11:25 AM #1
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    Words for cat in other languages

    French
    chat

    Latin
    felida(e)

    Spanish/Portuguese
    gato (male)
    gata (female)

    Portuguese for "tomcat"
    gattaff

    Italian
    gatto

    Yiddish
    katalog

    Esperanto
    kato

    German
    katze

    Turkish
    kedi

    Russian
    koshka

    Chinese
    mao

    Japanese
    neko

    Russian
    olena

    Swahili
    paka

    Icelandic
    kottur

    Saudi Arabian
    biss

    Ugandan
    paka

    Polish
    kot

    Romanian
    pisca

    Swedish
    katt

    Korean
    ko-yang-i

    Armenian
    katu

    Hungarian
    cica
    Hebrew
    KHaTooL' (male) or KHa'TooLaH' (female)


    This is kind of interesting. It would be even more so if I actually knew how to pronounce any of this.

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    Words for cat in other languages

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    Where is the DUTCH word for cat???

    Lol, here it is! We actually have 2 words for it: "kat" or "poes"
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    Wow, that's so interesting! So many words that all mean the same, beautiful, loveable creature
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    The Czech word, kočka is similar to Polish and Russian. A kitten is a kočička (the č is pronounced like the sound "tch" - think "catch" in English). You got it - I'm Czech, Polish and Ukrainian.
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    My family is 100 percent hungarian and i thought cat in hungary was Muchka I dont know how to spell it but it sounds like that...
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    And the danish is.... kat. As for a kitten, it's killing. Foreign people who come and live in Denmark can get quite mixed up with al these new words - killing = kitten, kylling = chicken and kęlling = bitch. Better learn those straight away!



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    Very interesting!

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    German "Katze" is the generic word but a boycat would be called Kater
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    ... and a kitten would be "Kätzchen" (Now try to pronounce this! LOL )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barbara
    German "Katze" is the generic word but a boycat would be called Kater
    He he, I forgot that one! A male cat is also "KATER" in Dutch!!!
    And in fact, the word "POES" is only used for females, and also "KATTIN"
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    [QUOTE=sumbirdy]Italian
    gatto
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    depends on whether it is male female singular or plural. There is also a different word for kitty.

    Male singular = gatto - pronounced - gat toh
    male plural = gatti - pronounced - gat ty
    female singular = gatta - pronounced - gat tah
    female plural = gatte - pronounced - gat tay

    Kitty male = micio - pronounced - meech oh
    kitty female = micia - pronounced - meech ah

    and these refer to cats not kittens.

    Many differences in italian to explain one thing. LOL
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