adj
Meaning 1
Having a wavy or watered appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a tabby waistcoat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
tabby
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtæb.i/
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rhymes with -æbi
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CMU ARPABET: T AE1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Brindled; diversified in color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a tabby cat
Meaning relationships
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name
Meaning 3
A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A diminutive of the female given name Tabetha.
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A concrete mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A brindled cat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 8
A woman, irrespective of age, but often used for a young, attractive woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
An old maid or gossip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
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verb
Meaning 10
To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brindled, brindle, brinded
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
female cat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: queen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus
noun
Meaning 13
a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tabby cat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus
History
Etymology
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from Arabic الْعَتَّابِيَّة (al-ʕattābiyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince عَتَّاب (ʕattāb)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian تافته (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.
Diminutive + -y.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَتَّابِي (ʕattābī) — brindled
- Czech: mourovatý — brindled
- French: moiré — brindled
- French: ondé — brindled
- French: tigré — brindled
- Indonesian: lorek — brindled
- Indonesian: berjalur — brindled
- Irish: riabhach — brindled
- Italian: soriano — brindled
- Occitan: tigrat — brindled
- Portuguese: tigrado — brindled
- Spanish: atigrado — brindled
- Spanish: barcino — brindled
- Turkish: tekir — brindled
- Ottoman Turkish: تكیر (tekir) — brindled
- Welsh: trilliw — brindled
- Welsh: brych — brindled
- Arabic: عَتَّابِي (ʕattābī) — cat
- Chinese Mandarin: 虎斑貓 /虎斑猫 (hǔbānmāo) — cat
- Chinese Mandarin: 斑貓 /斑猫 (bānmāo) — cat
- Czech: mourek — cat
- Czech: mourovatá kočka — cat
- Dutch: cyper — cat
- Dutch: cyperse kat — cat
- Dutch: getijgerde kat — cat
- French: chat tigré — cat
- French: tabby — cat
- German: Tabby — cat
- Hungarian: cirmos — cat
- Indonesian: kucing mujair — cat
- Indonesian: kucing tabi — cat
- Irish: cat riabhach — cat
- Italian: soriano — cat
- Italian: gatto soriano — cat
- Japanese: トラネコ (toraneko) — cat
- Japanese: 虎猫 (toraneko) — cat
- Japanese: トラ猫 (toraneko) — cat
- Occitan: cat tigrat — cat
- Polish: pręgowany kot — cat
- Portuguese: gato tigrado — cat
- Russian: полоса́тая ко́шка (polosátaja kóška) — cat
- Russian: полоса́тый кот (polosátyj kot) — cat
- Spanish: gato atigrado — cat
- Spanish: gato romano — cat
- Spanish: mish barcino — cat
- Thai: แมวลายสลิด (mɛɛo-laai-sà-lìt) — cat
- Turkish: tekir — cat
- Welsh: cath drilliw — cat
- Welsh: cath frech — cat