catkin

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From Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”). So named due to the resemblance of lengthier kinds to a kitten's tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures). Cognate with German Kätzchen, modern Dutch katje; compare French chaton (“kitten”; “catkin”). By surface analysis, cat + -kin.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gath — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Basque: gerba — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Breton: bisig — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Bulgarian: реса (resa) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Catalan: ament — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Chinese Mandarin: 柔荑花序 (róutíhuāxù) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Czech: jehněda — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Danish: rakle — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Danish: gæsling — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Dutch: katje — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Esperanto: amento — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Estonian: urb — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Finnish: norkko — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Finnish: pajunkissa — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Finnish: urpu — botany: a type of inflorescence
• French: chaton — botany: a type of inflorescence
• French: iule — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Galician: amento — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Galician: candea — botany: a type of inflorescence
• German: Kätzchen — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Greek: ανθήλη (anthíli) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Greek: ίουλος (íoulos) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Hungarian: barka — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Icelandic: rekill — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Ingrian: urpa — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Irish: caitín — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Italian: gattino — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Italian: amento — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Itelmen: ӈә’лӈә’л — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Japanese: 尾状花序 (bijō-kajo) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Korean: 버들강아지 (beodeulgang'aji) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Latin: iulus — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Macedonian: реса (resa) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Māori: huahae — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Eastern Mari: йолва (jolva) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Eastern Mari: алга (alga) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Western Mari: ялава (jalava) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Norwegian Bokmål: rakle — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Norwegian Bokmål: gåsunge — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rakle — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gåsunge — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Polish: kotka — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Polish: bazia — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Portuguese: amento — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Portuguese: amentilho — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Romanian: ament — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Romanian: mâțișor — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Russian: серёжка (serjóžka) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Scottish Gaelic: clòimh-chat — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Scottish Gaelic: cluigean — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Slovene: mačica — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Spanish: amento — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Swedish: hänge — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Tagalog: laylaybulak — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Tuvan: анай-хаак (anay-xaak) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Tuvan: мочурга (moçurga) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Udmurt: гуры (gury) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Ukrainian: сережка (serežka) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Ukrainian: котик (kotyk) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Ukrainian: богсьок (bohsʹok) — botany: a type of inflorescence
• Volapük: maänt — botany: a type of inflorescence