catnip

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• /ˈkætnɪp/
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Compound of cat + nep, nip (“catnip”), from Middle English nep, from Old English nepte, from Proto-West Germanic *nepetā, from Latin nepeta (“catnip”). Compare earlier catmint (“catnip”), from Middle English catt mynte, which very likely existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կատվադաղձ (katvadaġj) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Azerbaijani: pişiknanəsi — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Belarusian: кацямятка (kacjamjatka) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Bulgarian: ко́тешка трева́ (kóteška trevá) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Bulgarian: ко́ча трева́ (kóča trevá) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Bulgarian: ко́ча би́лка (kóča bílka) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Bulgarian: ма́чо би́ле (máčo bíle) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Bulgarian: ба́бица (bábica) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Catalan: herba gatera — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓薄荷 /猫薄荷 (māobòhé) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Danish: katteurt — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Dutch: kattenkruid — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Dutch: Nepeta — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Esperanto: katherbo — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Esperanto: katmento — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Finnish: kissanminttu — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Georgian: კატაპიტნა (ḳaṭaṗiṭna) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• German: Katzenminze — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Ancient Greek: νέπετος (népetos) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Ancient Greek: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Hungarian: macskamenta — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Icelandic: kattarminta — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Irish: mismín cait — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Irish: miontas cait — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Japanese: イヌハッカ属 (inuhakkazoku) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Kazakh: көкжалбыз (kökjalbyz) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Latin: nepeta — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Lithuanian: katžolė — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Macedonian: мачкино нане (mačkino nane) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Macedonian: непе́та (nepéta) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Norwegian: kattemynter — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Old English: nepte — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Old English: cattes minte — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Persian: پونهسا — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Polish: kocimiętka — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Portuguese: erva-de-gato — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Portuguese: nêbeda — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Romanian: iarba-mâței — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Romanian: cătușnică — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Russian: коша́чья мя́та (košáčʹja mjáta) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Slovene: máčja méta — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Spanish: menta de gato — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Spanish: nébeda — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Spanish: hierba gatera — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Swedish: nepetasläktet — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Turkish: kedi nanesi — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Turkish: yaban sümbülü — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Ukrainian: кото́вник (kotóvnyk) — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Welsh: mint y gath — plant of the genus Nepeta
• Azerbaijani: adi pişiknanəsi — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Basque: katu-belar — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Bulgarian: ко́тешка трева́ (kóteška trevá) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Bulgarian: ко́ча трева́ (kóča trevá) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Bulgarian: ко́ча би́лка (kóča bílka) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Bulgarian: ма́чо би́ле (máčo bíle) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Bulgarian: ба́бица (bábica) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Catalan: herba gatera — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Catalan: nepta — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓薄荷 /猫薄荷 (māobòhé) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Chuvash: кушак пӳсӗр курӑкӗ (kuš̬ak püs̬ĕr k̬urăk̬ĕ) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Czech: šanta kočičí — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Danish: almindelig katteurt — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Danish: katteurt — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Dutch: kattenkruid — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Dutch: wild kattenkruid — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Esperanto: katario — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Esperanto: katherbo — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Esperanto: katmento — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Finnish: aitokissanminttu — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Finnish: kollinminttu — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Finnish: isokissanminttu — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• French: cataire — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• French: chataire — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• French: herbe à chat — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• French: herbe aux chats — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Galician: herba gateira — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• German: Katzenminze — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• German: Echte Katzenminze — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Ancient Greek: νέπετος (népetos) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Ancient Greek: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Hungarian: illatos macskamenta — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Italian: erba gatta — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Japanese: イヌハッカ (inuhakka) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Korean: 개박하 (gaebakha) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Lithuanian: paprastoji katžolė — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Macedonian: мачкино нане (mačkino nane) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Norwegian: kattemynte — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Persian: نعناع گربهای — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Picard: iérpe-éd-cat — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Polish: kocimiętka właściwa — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Portuguese: erva-de-gato — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Romanian: iarba-mâței — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Romanian: cătușnică — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Russian: кото́вник коша́чий (kotóvnik košáčij) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Russian: коша́чья мя́та (košáčʹja mjáta) — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Serbo-Croatian: macina trava — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Serbo-Croatian: mačija trava — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Serbo-Croatian: mačija metvica — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Serbo-Croatian: macina metvica — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Serbo-Croatian: potplotuša — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Slovak: kocúrnik obyčajný — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Slovene: mačja meta — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Upper Sorbian: prawy kocornik — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: menta de gato — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: menta gatuna — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: albahaca de gatos — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: gatera — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: gataria — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Spanish: nébeda — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Swedish: kattmynta — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Vietnamese: bạc hà mèo — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Vietnamese: cỏ mèo — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• Welsh: mintys y gath — specific species which causes intoxication among cats
• German: Unwiderstehlichkeit — something that causes excitement or interest
• German: gefundenes Fressen — something that causes excitement or interest
• German: Zugpferd — something that causes excitement or interest
• German: Objekt der Begierde — something that causes excitement or interest
• German: Faszination — something that causes excitement or interest