"Cat" in other languages

Afrikaans: Kat (cat) pronounced "kaht"; Katjie (kitten)

Algonquin: Sinta [as spoken by the Cherokee Nation]

Arabic: Qit or Besseh

Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia): Kucing

British English: Moggy

Bulgarian: Kotka; Kotarak (m)

Cantonese: Maow

Chinese (Pinyin): Mao ["ao" like "now", high pitch, even tone]

Czech: Kocour (m) [like "kochka"]; Kocka (f) ["c" pronounced "ch"]

Danish: Kat

Dutch: Kat (cat, m & f, diminutive Katje, plural Katten); Poes (f, diminutive Poesje, plural Poezen); Kater (m, diminutive Katertje, plural Katers)

Egyptian: Míw

English: Cat

Eskimo: Pussi

Esperanto: Kato [colloquial]

Eithiopian (Ahamric): Domadh [prounouced Domath]

Farsi (Persian or Iranian): Gorbeh [like "gor BAY"]; Bache Gorbeh (kitten)

Finnish: Kissa; "Katti" (nickname for animal species)

French: Chat [like "shah"] Minou (kitty)

German: Kater (m); Katze (f) [like "KAT-tse"]; kitty is Mietzekatze ['meat-si-kat-tse']

Greek: Gali or Gata (f) Gatos (m) [has a soft "g"]

Gypsy (Lovar dialect): Muca

Hawaiian: Popoki or Kike (kitty)

Hebrew: Chatul (m) Chatula (f)

Hungarian: Macska ["c" pronounced "tse"] or Cica [like "tsee- tsaw"]. Hungarians call their cats like: cicuka, cicus-micus, szõrmi (siami cat), nyau-nyau

Icelandic: Köttur; kitten is Kisa

Indonesian: Kutjing

Irish: 'Cat', pronounced almost with a very short 'a' - almost like 'cot' in English, and with a very soft 't' (like in Italian, the 't')

Irish "Gaelic": Piscín [pronounced: Pish-KEEN]

Italian: Gatto (m) Gattina (female kitten)

Japanese: Neko [like "neck-o"] Koneko (kitten)

Kmer: Chma [long "a"]

Korean: Koyangi [like "koh-yang-ee"]

Latin: feles, felix

Lithuanian: Katinas (male) - [ka:tinas}, Kate (female) - [kate]

Loglan: Katma

Maltese: Qattus (m); Qattusa (f)

Manx Gaelic: Kayt (cat, m & f), Stubbin (for Manx cat with a stubby tail or no tail), Pishin Kayt (kitten)

Mayan: Miz (pronounced: Meece)

Mexican: Felino (m), Felina (f) are "feline"; Gato (m), Gata (f) are "cat"

Norwegian: Katt

Pakistani: Shimii [like "she-mee"]

Persian: Pishi [like "pee-shee"]

Pilipino: Pusa; kitten is "kuting"; in Visayan dialect, kitten is "kuring"

Plains Cree Indians: 'Minoos' for cats and 'Minoosis' for kittens

Polish: Kot (m) Kotka (f) Kotek (kitty)

Portuguese: Gata(f) Gato(m)

Romanian: Pisica ["a" like "uh"]

Romansch: Giat [like "DJE-ah-t"]

Russian: Kot (m) Koshka (m or f) Kotyonok (kitten) and Koshechka or Kiska (little nice, pretty cat of any sex and any age)

Serbo-Croation: Macka

Slovak: Mizhu (m) or Kotsur (m); Machka (f)

Spanish:Gato [like 'gah-toh']; 'Gatito' for kitten

Swahili: Paka

Swedish: Katt

Swiss-German: Büsi or Chatz

Tagalog: Pusa

Tamil: Poonai

Thai: Maa-oh

Tsalagi (Cherokee): We'sa

Turkish: Kedi

TWI (Ghanaian language from W. Africa) : Kra [pronounced "krah" with "a" as in Ma]

Vietnamese: Con Mêo

Welsh: Cath [like "kahth", "a" as in "car"]

Yiddish: Kats