Etymology

Blend of cat +‎ patioCategory:English blends#CATIO.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.i.əʊ/Category:English 3-syllable words#CATIOCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATIO
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.i.oʊ/, [ˈkæɾ.i.oʊ]Category:English 3-syllable words#CATIOCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATIO
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.i.əʉ/, [ˈkæɾ.i.əʉ]Category:English 3-syllable words#CATIOCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CATIO

Noun

catio (plural catios)Category:English lemmas#CATIOCategory:English nouns#CATIOCategory:English countable nouns#CATIOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CATIOCategory:Pages with entries#CATIOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CATIO

1. An outdoor enclosure for cats.
   • 2010 June 16, Jennifer A. Kingson, “‘Catios’ Bring Cats Outdoors”, in The New York Times‎:

     So some cat owners who would never dream of letting their pets roam free outside have come up with a creative compromise: an enclosed space — usually in the form of a screened-in porch or deck — that allows them to share the great outdoors. Please don’t call it a cage. They prefer the term “catio.”

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   • 2010 June 21, Teresa Mears, “Do your kitties need a 'catio'?”, in MSN Money‎:

     And we have a catio of sorts, a small screened porch built by the previous owner for humans.

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   • 2010, Sue Tatem, Mones, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 35:

     She made a “fence” of them for Varmint inside the wrought iron white fence that bordered the patio so that it was his “catio.”

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   • 2012 May 1, Jen Lancaster, Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner‎, New American Library, →ISBN:

     They're happy to hang out on what we call their “catio” all day, lazing on the couch while glowering at chipmunks and letting the sun warm the downy fur on their bellies.

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   • 2014, Jackson Galaxy, Kate Benjamin, Catification, Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat (and You!), page 227:

     Behaviorally, catios help cats organically cross their own challenge line; like any Catification project, catios should be scalable and filled with everything from scent soakers (for comfort, both physical and territorial) to superhighway elements that can change over time to accomodate the cat's curiousity and maturation.

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Anagrams

• Caito, Ticao, coati