Foreign words for female 'cat'
- Chatula (f) Hebrew
- Felina (f feline) Mexican
- Gali (f) Greek
- Gata (f) Mexican, Portuguese, Greek
- Gattina (f. kitten) Italian
- Kate (f) Lithuanian
- Katje (f) diminutive Dutch
- Katze (f) [like KAT-tse]; German
- Kocka (f) [c pronounced ch] Czech
- Machka (f) Slovak
- Poes (f, diminutive Poesje, plural Poezen) Dutch
- Qattusa (f) Maltese
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- Chatul (m) Hebrew
- Felino (m feline) Mexican
- Gatos (m) [has a soft g] Greek
- Gatto (m) Italian
- Kater (m); German, Dutch
- Katertje (m) diminutive Dutch
- Katinas (m) Lithuanian
- Kocour (m) [like kochka]; Czech
- Kot (m) Russian/Polish
- Kotarak (m) Bulgarian
- Kotsur (m) Slovak
- Mizhu (m) Slovak
- Qattus (m) Maltese
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| Male or Female terms
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- Bache Gorbeh (kitten) Farsi (Persian/Iranian)
- Besseh Arabic
- Billy 24Hindi
- Biss 24Arabic
- Bushi 24Cree
- Büsi Swiss-German
- Cat English
- Cath [like kahth, a as in car] Welsh
- Catta Greek
- Cattus Latin
- Catua Basque
- Chat [like shah] French
- Chatul Yiddish
- Chatz Swiss-German
- Chma [long a]; Kmer
- Cica [like tsee-tsaw] pussycat Hungarian
- Con Mêo Vietnamese
- Domadh [prounouced Domath] Eithiopian (Ahamric)
- Feles Latin
- Felis Latin
- Felix Latin
- Gato gah-toh (m) Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese
- Gatito kitten Spanish
- Giat [like DJE-ah-t] Romansch
- Gorbeh [like gor BAY]; Farsi (Persian/Iranian)
- Gatto Polish
- Gattus Yiddish
- Gatz Armenian
- Garni Fula 24New Guinea
- Gorbe 24Farsi
- Hirrah 24Arabic
- Ikati 24Zulu
- Kass Estonian
- Kat m/f Dutch
- Kat (cat) kaht Afrikaans
- Kata Greek
- Kath Welsh
- Katinas 24Lithuanian
- Katjie (kitten) Afrikaans
- Katma Loglan
- Kato Esperanto [colloquial], Syrian
- Kats Yiddish
- Katt Norwegian, Swedish
- Katti German
- Katze 24German
- Kayt (cat, m & f) Manx Gaelic
- Kedi Turkish
- Ket German
- Kiisu 24Estonian
- Kike (kitty) Hawaiian
- Kiska (little nice, pretty cat of any sex/age) Russian
- Kissa Finnish
- Kitt Arabic
- Kitte Arabic
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- Kisa kitten; Icelandic
- Kocka 24Czech
- Koshechka Russian
- Koshka (m or f) Russian
- Kotek kitten Polish
- Kotka Bulgarian, (f) Polish
- Kots Russian
- Köttur; Icelandic
- Kotuk 24Ukranian
- Kotyonok (kitten) Russian
- Koyangi [like koh-yang-ee] Korean
- Kucing Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)
- Kut 24Egyptian
- Kucing (Kutjing is old Indonesian) Indonesian
- Maa-oh Thai
- Macsek [cs pronounced ch] Hungarian
- Macka Serbo-Croation
- Macska [cs pronounced ch] Hungarian
- Mait Egyptian
- Maow Cantonese
- Mao ao like now, high pitch, even tone; Chinese (Pinyin)
- Mau Egyptian
- Míw Egyptian
- Mietzekatze meat-si-kat-tse is kitty German
- Minou (kitty) French
- Mio Chinese
- Miu Chinese
- Miz (pronounced Meece) Mayan
- Moggy British English
- Muca Gypsy (Lovar dialect)
- Naka Swahili
- Neko knee-ko Japanese
- Paka Swahili pussycat
- Piscín [pronounced Pish-KEEN] Gaelic
- Pishi [like pee-shee] Persian
- Pishin Kayt (kitten) Manx Gaelic
- Pisica [a like uh] Romanian
- Poes 24Dutch
- Poonai Tamil
- Popoki (POH-poh-KEE) Hawaiian - cat
- Puccha Sanskrit
- Puize Lithuanian
- Pus Irish
- Pusa Philipino, Tagalog
- Pushak Persia
- Qit/Qitah Arabic
- Sanura [sah-NOO-rah] Swahili kitten
- Shimii [like she-mee] Pakistani
- Sinta Algonquin [Cherokee Nation]
- Stubbin (for Manx cat) Manx Gaelic
- We'sa Tsalagi (Cherokee)
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