CatStuff: The word "cat" in different languages

The word "cat" in languages around the world


Albanian		macë
Arabic		kitte
Armenian		katu
Basque		catua
Bulgarian		kotka
Cantonese		Maow
Catalan		gat
Cherokee (Tsalagi)		eesa
Chinese		miu or mau
Cree		bushi
Czech		kocka
Dutch		kat or poes
Egyptian		miw
English		cat
Eskimo		pussi
Esperanto		kato
Estonian		kass or kiisu
Ethiopian		domadh
Farsi		gorbe
Filipino		cat or pusa
Finnish		kissa
French		chat
Fula (New Guinea)		gnari
Gaelic		pishyakan / Piscín, cait
German		katti, katze or ket
Greek		gata, gati
Gujarati (India)		biladi
Gypsy		muca
Hawaiian		popoki
Hebrew		cha'tool
Hindi		billi
Hungarian		cica/macska
Icelandic		kottur
Indian		biladi gujarati
Indonesian		kuching, kutjing
Irish		cat
Italian		gatto
Japanese		neko
Kannada (Indian)		bekku
Kmer		chma
Korean
Latin		cattus or felis
Lithuanian		katinas
Malayalam (Indian)		poocha
Malay/Indonesian		kucing
Maltese		qattus
Mayan		miss, miz
Netherlands		kat (male); poes (female)
New Guinea		gnari fula
Norwegian		katt
Pakistani		shimii
Plains Cree Indians		minoos
Polish		kot or gatto
Portuguese		gato
Pusa		cat
Romanian		pisica
Romansch		giat
Russian		koshka (female); kot (male)
Sanskrit		marjara
Serbo-Croatian		macka
Slovak		mačka; muca
Spanish		gato
Swahili		paka
Swedish		katt
Swiss-German		büsi, chatz
Tamil		poonai
Tatalog (Philipino)		pusa
Thai/Vietnamese		meo
Turkish		kedi
Ukrainian		kitska (female); kit (male)
Vietnamese		mèo
Welsh		cath
Yiddish		kats
Zulu		Ikati

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