catte

== English == === Noun === catte (plural cattes) Archaic spelling of cat. === Anagrams === tacet, tecta == Latin == === Noun === catte vocative singular of cattus == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ. === Noun === catte f cat ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: katAfrikaans: kat→ Xhosa: ikati→ Zulu: ikatiJersey Dutch: kātNegerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)Skepi Creole Dutch: kat Limburgish: kat West Flemish: katte === Further reading === “catte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “catte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Norman == === Etymology === From Latin catta. === Noun === catte f (plural cattes) female equivalent of cat (Jersey) tiger moth caterpillar (Jersey) worm for bait == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kattǭ. Cognate with Old Frisian katte, Old Saxon katta, Middle Dutch katte (Dutch kat), Old High German kazza (German Katze), Old Norse ketta (Swedish katta). The word existed in the Germanic languages in a masculine gender also, represented in Old English by catt. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.te/ === Noun === catte f a female cat ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: catte, katte