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Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun.

The name of the computer (noun sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.

Clipping of petulance.

Clipping of petition.

Clipping of petal.

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: любим (ljubim) — favourite; cherished
• French: fétiche — favourite; cherished
• Hungarian: imádott — favourite; cherished
• Hungarian: szeretett — favourite; cherished
• Spanish: personal — favourite; cherished
• Spanish: favorido (disused) — favourite; cherished
• Bulgarian: домашен (domašen) — kept or treated as a pet
• French: de compagnie — kept or treated as a pet
• Hungarian: házi- — kept or treated as a pet
• Portuguese: de estimação — kept or treated as a pet
• Welsh: anwes — kept or treated as a pet
• Afrikaans: troeteldier — an animal kept as a companion
• Albanian: kafshë shtëpie — an animal kept as a companion
• Albanian: manar — an animal kept as a companion
• Arabic: حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ (ḥayawān manzaliyy) — an animal kept as a companion
• Arabic: حَيَوَان أَلِيف (ḥayawān ʔalīf) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: ха́тняя жывёла (xátnjaja žyvjóla) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: любі́мец (ljubímjec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: жывёла-кампаньён (žyvjola-kampanʹjon) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: гадава́нец (hadavánjec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: сво́йскі гадава́нец (svójski hadavánjec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Belarusian: ха́тні гадуне́ц (xátni hadunjéc) — an animal kept as a companion
• Bulgarian: дома́шен люби́мец (domášen ljubímec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Bulgarian: пито́мец (pitómec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Catalan: animal de companyia — an animal kept as a companion
• Catalan: mascota — an animal kept as a companion
• Chinese Mandarin: 寵物 /宠物 (chǒngwù) — an animal kept as a companion
• Czech: domácí mazlíček — an animal kept as a companion
• Czech: domácí zvíře — an animal kept as a companion
• Danish: kæledyr — an animal kept as a companion
• Dutch: huisdier — an animal kept as a companion
• Dutch: troeteldier — an animal kept as a companion
• Esperanto: dombesto — an animal kept as a companion
• Esperanto: dorlotbesto — an animal kept as a companion
• Esperanto: hejmbesto — an animal kept as a companion
• Estonian: lemmikloom — an animal kept as a companion
• Finnish: lemmikkieläin — an animal kept as a companion
• Finnish: lemmikki — an animal kept as a companion
• French: animal de compagnie — an animal kept as a companion
• French: animal familier — an animal kept as a companion
• French: animal domestique — an animal kept as a companion
• Galician: animal de compaña — an animal kept as a companion
• Galician: animal de compañía — an animal kept as a companion
• Galician: animal doméstico — an animal kept as a companion
• Galician: mascota — an animal kept as a companion
• Georgian: შინაური ცხოველი (šinauri cxoveli) — an animal kept as a companion
• Georgian: მოშინაურებული ცხოველი (mošinaurebuli cxoveli) — an animal kept as a companion
• German: Haustier — an animal kept as a companion
• German: Heimtier — an animal kept as a companion
• German: Stubentier — an animal kept as a companion
• German: Lieblingstier — an animal kept as a companion
• Greek: κατοικίδιο (katoikídio) — an animal kept as a companion
• Hebrew: חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד (khayát makhmád) — an animal kept as a companion
• Hindi: पालतू पशु (pāltū paśu) — an animal kept as a companion
• Hungarian: kisállat — an animal kept as a companion
• Hungarian: kis kedvenc — an animal kept as a companion
• Hungarian: házi kedvenc — an animal kept as a companion
• Hungarian: háziállat — an animal kept as a companion
• Hungarian: kedvenc — an animal kept as a companion
• Icelandic: gæludýr — an animal kept as a companion
• Indonesian: hewan peliharaan — an animal kept as a companion
• Ingrian: ellään — an animal kept as a companion
• Irish: peata — an animal kept as a companion
• Italian: animale da compagnia — an animal kept as a companion
• Italian: animale d'affezione — an animal kept as a companion
• Italian: animale domestico — an animal kept as a companion
• Japanese: ペット (petto) — an animal kept as a companion
• Japanese: 愛玩動物 (aigan dōbutsu) — an animal kept as a companion
• Khmer: សត្វចិញ្ចឹម (sɑɑtvɑɑceñcəm) — an animal kept as a companion
• Korean: 애완동물 (aewandongmul) — an animal kept as a companion
• Korean: 반려동물 (ballyeodongmul) — an animal kept as a companion
• Korean: 펫 (pet) — an animal kept as a companion
• Lao: ສັດລ້ຽງ (sat līang) — an animal kept as a companion
• Latin: animal familiāre — an animal kept as a companion
• Latin: animal domesticum — an animal kept as a companion
• Latin: animal mānsuētum — an animal kept as a companion
• Latvian: mājdzīvnieks — an animal kept as a companion
• Lithuanian: augintinis — an animal kept as a companion
• Lithuanian: kambarinis gyvulėlis — an animal kept as a companion
• Macedonian: домашен миленик (domašen milenik) — an animal kept as a companion
• Macedonian: домашно милениче (domašno mileniče) — an animal kept as a companion
• Malay: haiwan peliharaan — an animal kept as a companion
• Malay: binatang manja — an animal kept as a companion
• Māori: mōkai — an animal kept as a companion
• Māori: maimoa — an animal kept as a companion
• Mongolian: тэжээвэр амьтан (težeever amʹtan) — an animal kept as a companion
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ — an animal kept as a companion
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjæledyr — an animal kept as a companion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjæledyr — an animal kept as a companion
• Northwestern Ojibwa: bami'aagaans — an animal kept as a companion
• Pannonian Rusyn: любимец (ljubimec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Persian: حیوان خانگی (heyvân-e xânegi) — an animal kept as a companion
• Persian: خانگی (xānegi) — an animal kept as a companion
• Plautdietsch: Hustia — an animal kept as a companion
• Polish: zwierzę domowe — an animal kept as a companion
• Portuguese: animal de estimação — an animal kept as a companion
• Portuguese: animal de companhia — an animal kept as a companion
• Portuguese: animal doméstico — an animal kept as a companion
• Portuguese: pet — an animal kept as a companion
• Romanian: animal de companie — an animal kept as a companion
• Russian: дома́шнее живо́тное (domášneje živótnoje) — an animal kept as a companion
• Russian: люби́мец (ljubímec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Russian: пито́мец (pitómec) — an animal kept as a companion
• Russian: живо́тное-компаньо́н (živótnoje-kompanʹón) — an animal kept as a companion
• Sardinian: animale de domo — an animal kept as a companion
• Sardinian: animale de cumpagnia — an animal kept as a companion
• Sardinian: animale masedu — an animal kept as a companion
• Sardinian: animale ammasedadu — an animal kept as a companion
• Serbo-Croatian: љубимац — an animal kept as a companion
• Serbo-Croatian: мезимац — an animal kept as a companion
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubimac — an animal kept as a companion
• Serbo-Croatian: mezimac — an animal kept as a companion
• Slovak: domáce zviera — an animal kept as a companion
• Slovene: hišni ljubljenček — an animal kept as a companion
• Slovene: domača žival — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: mascota — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: animal de compañía — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: animal doméstico — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: animal de compaña — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: animal acompañante — an animal kept as a companion
• Spanish: animal acompañador — an animal kept as a companion
• Swahili: mnyama wa nyumbani — an animal kept as a companion
• Swedish: husdjur — an animal kept as a companion
• Swedish: keldjur — an animal kept as a companion
• Swedish: sällskapsdjur — an animal kept as a companion
• Tamil: வளர்ப்பு விலங்கு (vaḷarppu vilaṅku) — an animal kept as a companion
• Tamil: செல்லப்பிராணி (cellappirāṇi) — an animal kept as a companion
• Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยง (sàt-líiang) — an animal kept as a companion
• Turkish: evcil hayvan — an animal kept as a companion
• Turkmen: öý haýwanlary — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: твари́на-вихова́нець (tvarýna-vyxovánecʹ) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: вихова́нець (vyxovánecʹ) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: твари́на-компаньйо́н (tvarýna-kompanʹjón) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: пито́мець (pytómecʹ) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: улю́бленець (uljúblenecʹ) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: дома́шня твари́на (domášnja tvarýna) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: сві́йська твари́на (svíjsʹka tvarýna) — an animal kept as a companion
• Ukrainian: твари́нка (tvarýnka) — an animal kept as a companion
• Vietnamese: thú cưng — an animal kept as a companion
• Vietnamese: vật cưng — an animal kept as a companion
• Volapük: nimül — an animal kept as a companion
• Welsh: anifail anwes — an animal kept as a companion
• Zulu: isilwane sasekhaya — an animal kept as a companion
• Zulu: ukunto — an animal kept as a companion
• Zulu: ukuntoko — an animal kept as a companion
• Bulgarian: любимец (ljubimec) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Chinese Mandarin: 跟屁蟲 /跟屁虫 (gēn pì chóng) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Dutch: lievelingetje — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Finnish: lellikki — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• German: Liebling — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• German: Pet — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Hungarian: kiskedvenc — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Hungarian: talpnyaló — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Hungarian: nyalonc — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Latin: grātiōsus — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Macedonian: љуби́мец (ljubímec) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Macedonian: мињо́н (minjón) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Russian: люби́мчик (ljubímčik) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Russian: фавори́т (favorít) — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: миљеник — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: љубимац — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: мезимац — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: miljenik — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubimac — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Serbo-Croatian: mezimac — one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
• Esperanto: karulo — person or animal especially cherished
• French: chouchou — person or animal especially cherished
• German: Liebling — person or animal especially cherished
• Hungarian: kedves — person or animal especially cherished
• Hungarian: drága — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: preferito — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: favorito — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: prediletto — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: beniamino — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: cocco — person or animal especially cherished
• Italian: coccolo — person or animal especially cherished
• Latin: dēliciae — person or animal especially cherished
• Māori: takawairore — person or animal especially cherished
• Russian: люби́мец (ljubímec) — person or animal especially cherished
• Russian: люби́мчик (ljubímčik) — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: cuccu — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: ciccíu — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: beneaminu — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: beniaminu — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: ciccíu de domo — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: fizu de sa pudda bianca — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: gigi — person or animal especially cherished
• Sardinian: preferidu — person or animal especially cherished
• Swedish: kelgris — person or animal especially cherished
• Swedish: gullegris — person or animal especially cherished
• Tamil: செல்லம் (cellam) — person or animal especially cherished
• Bashkir: һыйпау (hıypaw) — fondle (an animal)
• Bulgarian: галя (galja) — fondle (an animal)
• Bulgarian: милвам (milvam) — fondle (an animal)
• Catalan: amanyagar — fondle (an animal)
• Catalan: fer moixaines — fondle (an animal)
• Chinese Mandarin: 撫摸 /抚摸 (fǔmō) — fondle (an animal)
• Czech: hladit — fondle (an animal)
• Czech: pohladit — fondle (an animal)
• Danish: kæle — fondle (an animal)
• Dutch: aaien — fondle (an animal)
• Esperanto: karesi — fondle (an animal)
• Faroese: kela — fondle (an animal)
• Finnish: silittää — fondle (an animal)
• French: caresser — fondle (an animal)
• Galician: aloumiñar — fondle (an animal)
• Galician: acariciar — fondle (an animal)
• German: streicheln — fondle (an animal)
• Hebrew: ליטף — fondle (an animal)
• Hungarian: simogat — fondle (an animal)
• Hungarian: szeretget — fondle (an animal)
• Hungarian: babusgat — fondle (an animal)
• Ingrian: lakoittaa — fondle (an animal)
• Irish: muirnigh — fondle (an animal)
• Irish: déan peataireacht — fondle (an animal)
• Italian: accarezzare — fondle (an animal)
• Japanese: 撫でる (naderu) — fondle (an animal)
• Lithuanian: glamonėti — fondle (an animal)
• Macedonian: гали (gali) — fondle (an animal)
• Macedonian: милува (miluva) — fondle (an animal)
• Māori: mirimiri — fondle (an animal)
• Māori: hokomirimiri — fondle (an animal)
• Norwegian: kjæle — fondle (an animal)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klappa — fondle (an animal)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjæla — fondle (an animal)
• Polish: głaskać — fondle (an animal)
• Portuguese: acariciar — fondle (an animal)
• Romanian: mângâia — fondle (an animal)
• Russian: ласка́ть (laskátʹ) — fondle (an animal)
• Russian: гла́дить (gláditʹ) — fondle (an animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: мазити — fondle (an animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: миловати — fondle (an animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: maziti — fondle (an animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: milovati — fondle (an animal)
• Spanish: acariciar — fondle (an animal)
• Spanish: popar — fondle (an animal)
• Swedish: klappa — fondle (an animal)
• Turkish: sevmek — fondle (an animal)
• Turkish: okşamak — fondle (an animal)
• Welsh: anwylo — fondle (an animal)
• Welsh: mwytho — fondle (an animal)
• Bulgarian: галя (galja) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Bulgarian: любя (ljubja) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Czech: laskat — fondle (another person) amorously
• Czech: polaskat — fondle (another person) amorously
• Czech: hladit — fondle (another person) amorously
• Danish: kæle — fondle (another person) amorously
• Dutch: strelen — fondle (another person) amorously
• Dutch: aaien — fondle (another person) amorously
• Esperanto: karesi — fondle (another person) amorously
• Finnish: hyväillä — fondle (another person) amorously
• French: peloter — fondle (another person) amorously
• Galician: aloumiñar — fondle (another person) amorously
• Galician: acariciar — fondle (another person) amorously
• German: streicheln — fondle (another person) amorously
• Hungarian: simogat — fondle (another person) amorously
• Hungarian: szeretget — fondle (another person) amorously
• Hungarian: babusgat — fondle (another person) amorously
• Japanese: 愛撫する (aibu suru) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Macedonian: гали (gali) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Macedonian: милува (miluva) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Māori: tākunekune — fondle (another person) amorously
• Norwegian: kjæle — fondle (another person) amorously
• Norwegian: kose med — fondle (another person) amorously
• Norwegian: kjærtegne — fondle (another person) amorously
• Portuguese: acariciar — fondle (another person) amorously
• Portuguese: fazer carinho — fondle (another person) amorously
• Romanian: mângâia — fondle (another person) amorously
• Russian: ласка́ть (laskátʹ) — fondle (another person) amorously
• Serbo-Croatian: мазити — fondle (another person) amorously
• Serbo-Croatian: миловати — fondle (another person) amorously
• Serbo-Croatian: maziti — fondle (another person) amorously
• Serbo-Croatian: milovati — fondle (another person) amorously
• Spanish: acariciar — fondle (another person) amorously
• Spanish: achuchar — fondle (another person) amorously
• Swedish: smeka — fondle (another person) amorously
• Bulgarian: галя се (galja se) — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Czech: laskat se — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Czech: mazlit se — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Esperanto: karesiĝi — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Finnish: hyväillä — intransitive: fondle amorously
• French: se peloter — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Hungarian: szeretget — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Hungarian: babusgat — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Macedonian: се гали (se gali) — intransitive: fondle amorously
• Russian: ласка́ться (laskátʹsja) — intransitive: fondle amorously