Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Interlingua terms borrowed from English#CATTACategory:Interlingua terms derived from English#CATTA cat, FrenchCategory:Interlingua terms borrowed from French#CATTACategory:Interlingua terms derived from French#CATTA chatte, SpanishCategory:Interlingua terms borrowed from Spanish#CATTACategory:Interlingua terms derived from Spanish#CATTA gata, PortugueseCategory:Interlingua terms borrowed from Portuguese#CATTACategory:Interlingua terms derived from Portuguese#CATTA gata, and ItalianCategory:Interlingua terms borrowed from Italian#CATTACategory:Interlingua terms derived from Italian#CATTA gatta, all of which derive from Late LatinCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Late Latin#CATTA catta, which is believed to have been derived from an AfroasiaticCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Afroasiatic languages#CATTA language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#CATTA

Noun

catta (plural cattas)Category:Interlingua lemmas#CATTACategory:Interlingua nouns#CATTACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#CATTACategory:Pages with entries#CATTACategory:Pages with 3 entries#CATTA

1. she-cat, female cat

Etymology

The feminine counterpart to cattus; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkat.ta]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CATTACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CATTA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkat.ta]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CATTACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CATTA

Noun

catta f (genitive cattae)Category:Latin lemmas#CATTACategory:Latin nouns#CATTACategory:Latin first declension nouns#CATTACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#CATTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CATTACategory:Latin feminine nouns#CATTACategory:Pages with entries#CATTACategory:Pages with 3 entries#CATTA; first declension

1. a female cat
   • Baruch 6:21 (Vulgate):

     supra corpus eorum et supra caput volant noctuae et hirundines et aves etiam similiter et cattae

     owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats [sit on them] in like manner

References

• “catta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "catta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “catta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• catta in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Noun

catta fCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#CATTACategory:Old Saxon nouns#CATTACategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#CATTACategory:Old Saxon feminine nouns#CATTACategory:Pages with entries#CATTACategory:Pages with 3 entries#CATTA

1. alternative spelling of katta