Phrase guide

Siamese cat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A short-haired breed of domestic cat having blue eyes and pointed coat pattern, that is, a pale body and dark extremities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Siamese

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus

Narrower terms: blue point Siamese

History

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِطّ سِيَامِيّ (qiṭṭ siyāmiyy) — mammal
  • Armenian: սիամական կատու (siamakan katu) — mammal
  • Asturian: gatu siamés — mammal
  • Basque: siamdar katu — mammal
  • Bulgarian: сиа́мска ко́тка (siámska kótka) — mammal
  • Bulgarian: сиа́мка (siámka) — mammal
  • Catalan: gat siamès — mammal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暹羅貓 /暹罗猫 (xiānluómāo) — mammal
  • Chuvash: сиам кушакӗ (siam k̬uš̬ak̬ĕ) — mammal
  • Czech: siamská kočka — mammal
  • Danish: siameser — mammal
  • Dutch: siamees — mammal
  • Esperanto: siama kato — mammal
  • Estonian: siiami kass — mammal
  • Finnish: siamilaiskissa — mammal
  • French: chat siamois — mammal
  • French: siamois — mammal
  • Galician: gato siamés — mammal
  • Galician: siamés — mammal
  • Georgian: სიამის კატა (siamis ḳaṭa) — mammal
  • German: Siamkatze — mammal
  • Hebrew: חתול סיאמי — mammal
  • Hungarian: sziámi macska — mammal
  • Icelandic: síamsköttur — mammal
  • Indonesian: kucing siam — mammal
  • Italian: gatto siamese — mammal
  • Japanese: シャム猫 (Shamu neko) — mammal
  • Khmer: ឆ្មាសៀម (cmaa siem) — mammal
  • Korean: 샴고양이 (syamgoyang'i) — mammal
  • Latvian: siāmas kaķis — mammal
  • Lithuanian: siamo katė — mammal
  • Macedonian: сијамска мачка (sijamska mačka) — mammal
  • Mongolian: сиамын муур (siamyn muur) — mammal
  • Persian: گربه سیامی — mammal
  • Polish: kot syjamski — mammal
  • Portuguese: gato siamês — mammal
  • Romanian: pisică siameză — mammal
  • Russian: сиа́мская ко́шка (siámskaja kóška) — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: сијамска мачка — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: sijamska mačka — mammal
  • Slovak: siamská mačka — mammal
  • Slovene: siamska mačka — mammal
  • Spanish: gato siamés — mammal
  • Swedish: siameskatt — mammal
  • Thai: แมววิเชียรมาศ (maew wíchianmâad) — mammal
  • Turkish: siyam kedi — mammal
  • Ukrainian: сіа́мська кі́шка (siámsʹka kíška) — mammal