In english we usually call a cat just that – a cat. Or a kitty, or puss. But we also call a female cat a “queen” and a male cat a “tom”. Do other languages have female and male names for cats and what are they (including english translations, as i am woefully ignorant of other languages)
Thanks!
What Do You Call A Cat In Your Language?
Posted December 11th, 2009 by admin
December 11th, 2009 - 8:58 pm
??? pronounced go yang ee
(korean)
December 12th, 2009 - 1:53 am
Dear Maia, good evening!
In Portuguese (from Brazil) we say:
cat (male) : gato
cat (female): gata
We also say, “bichano”, “chaninho”, and it is very sweet.
And, when a boy is very charming, handsome we say he is a “gato”!
I enjoyed the other answers – some were very funny for me!
December 12th, 2009 - 3:04 am
Afrikaans Kat (cat); Katjie (kitten)
Algonquin Sinta
Arabic Qit or Besseh
Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia) Kuching
British English Moggy
Bulgarian Kotka
Cantonese Maow
Chinese Mao
Czech Kocour (male); Kocka (female)
Danish Kat
Dutch Kat; Poes (female); Kater (male)
Egyptian Míw
Eskimo Pussi
Esperanto Kato
Ethiopian Domadh
Farsi Gorbeh (cat); Bache Gorbeh (kitten)
Finnish kissa
French Chat (cat); Minou (kitten)
Gaelic Piscín
German Kater (male; Katze (female)miau
Greek Gati; Gata (female); Gatos (male); Gataki (kitten)
Gypsy Muca
Hawaiian Popoki or kike (kitty)
Hebrew Chatul (male); Chatula (female)
Hungarian Macska or Cica
Icelandic Köttur
Indonesian Kutjing
Irish Cat
Italian Gatto (male); Gattina (female)
Japanese Neko
Kmer Chma
Korean Koyangi
Latin Feles, Felix
Loglan Katma
Maltese Qattus (male); Qattusa (female)
Mayan Miz
Mexican Felino (male); Felina (female)
Norwegian Katt
Pakistani Shimii
Philipino (Tatalog) Pusa
Plains Cree Indians Minoos (cats); Minoosis (kittens)
Polish Kot (male); Kotka (female; Kotek (kitty)
Portuguese Gata (female); Gato (male)
Romanian Pisica
Romansch Giat
Russian Kot (male); Koshka (m or f); Kotyonok (kitten)
Serbo-Croatian Macka
Slovak Mizhu or Kotsur (male); Machka (female)
Spanish Gato (male); Gata (female)
Swahili Paka
Swedish Katt
Swiss-German Büsi or Chatz
Tamil Poonai
Thai Maa-oh
Tsalagi (Cherokee) We’sa
Turkish Kedi
Vietnamese Con Mêo
Welsh Cath
Yiddish Kats
December 12th, 2009 - 5:58 am
In japanese: “Neko” (male or female)
In Tagalog: cat = “Pusa” kitten = “kuting”
December 12th, 2009 - 10:47 am
Amharic (Ethiopia)
There is no distinction between a female cat or a male cat for some reason. They are both called by the same name.
They are called Demet (De-me-t)
December 12th, 2009 - 5:13 pm
German
cat – Katze
kitty – Mietzekatze
puss – Mietzchen
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Turkish
cat – kedi
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Zulu
cat – ikati; ingobe
December 12th, 2009 - 5:24 pm
In croatian, we say ma?ka(cat), ma?kica(kitty)..
its both female gender
December 12th, 2009 - 10:26 pm
cat: f gata m gato
kitty: f gattita m gattio
December 12th, 2009 - 10:47 pm
In Turkish;
kedi (cat), pisi (kitty)
There is no gender discrimination.
December 13th, 2009 - 5:17 am
kot- cat
siamiczka- girl cat
kot-boy cat
December 13th, 2009 - 11:19 am
same here a cat a male cat a tom cat.sometimes when my cats are bad. I call them a few names I can’t say on here.
December 13th, 2009 - 4:17 pm
Gato – Cat
Spanish
December 13th, 2009 - 4:58 pm
boy cat, girl cat.
…lol.
December 13th, 2009 - 10:11 pm
A moggy.
December 13th, 2009 - 11:35 pm
billie and billa
December 14th, 2009 - 2:01 am
Lazy and fat.
December 14th, 2009 - 8:57 am
cat :]
in french its Chat
December 14th, 2009 - 10:41 am
cat :3