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she-cat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An (adult) female cat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From she- + cat.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِطَّة (qiṭṭa) — female cat
  • Arabic: قطوة (qaṭwa) — female cat
  • Asturian: gata — female cat
  • Bulgarian: ко́тка (kótka) — female cat
  • Burmese: ကြောင်မ (kraungma.) — female cat
  • Catalan: gata — female cat
  • Danish: hunkat — female cat
  • Dutch: wijfjeskat — female cat
  • Dutch: kattin — female cat
  • Esperanto: katino — female cat
  • Esperanto: kanjo — female cat
  • Finnish: naaraskissa — female cat
  • French: chatte — female cat
  • French: minette — female cat
  • German: Kätzin — female cat
  • German: Katze — female cat
  • Old High German: kazza — female cat
  • Greek: γάτα (gáta) — female cat
  • Ido: katino — female cat
  • Italian: gatta — female cat
  • Italian: micia — female cat
  • Japanese: 雌猫 (mesuneko) — female cat
  • Kashmiri: برٛٲر (brạ̄r) — female cat
  • Kashmiri: بیٛٲر (byạ̄r) — female cat
  • Kazakh: мырсын (myrsyn) — female cat
  • Korean: 암고양이 (amgoyang'i) — female cat
  • Latin: catta — female cat
  • Latvian: kaķene — female cat
  • Macedonian: мачка (mačka) — female cat
  • Maltese: qattusa — female cat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunnkatt — female cat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunkatt — female cat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: katte — female cat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjette — female cat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hokatt — female cat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katte — female cat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjette — female cat
  • Old English: catte — female cat
  • Old Norse: ketta — female cat
  • Old Saxon: katta — female cat
  • Polish: kocica — female cat
  • Portuguese: gata — female cat
  • Russian: ко́шка (kóška) — female cat
  • Lower Sorbian: kócka — female cat
  • Spanish: gata — female cat
  • Swedish: honkatt — female cat
  • Swedish: katta — female cat
  • Ukrainian: кі́шка (kíška) — female cat
  • Volapük: jikat — female cat
  • Volapük: jokat (spayed) — female cat