Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
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Origin
- Middle Englishcattal
- Englishcattail
From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τύφη
- τύφη (túphē)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Arabic بُرْدِيّ
- بُرْدِيّ (burdiyy)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Basque lezka
- lezkaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Bulgarian папу́р
- папу́р (papúr)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Catalan bova, balca
- bovaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- balcaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Chinese Mandarin 香蒲
- 香蒲 (xiāngpú)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Czech orobinec
- orobinecany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Dutch lisdodde, kodde
- lisdoddeany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- koddeany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Esperanto tifao
- tifaoany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Estonian hundinui
- hundinuiany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Finnish osmankäämi
- osmankäämiany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
French massette, quenouille
- massetteany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- quenouilleany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
German Rohrkolben, Kolbenschilf
- Rohrkolbenany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- Kolbenschilfany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Hebrew סוּף
- סוּף (suf)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Hungarian gyékény
- gyékényany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Irish coigeal
- coigealany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Italian stiancia, tifa
- stianciaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- tifaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Japanese 蒲
- 蒲 (gama)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Korean 부들
- 부들 (budeul)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Latin buda, ulva
- budaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- ulvaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Norwegian Bokmål dunkjevle
- dunkjevleany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Polish pałka
- pałkaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Portuguese tifa
- tifaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Romanian papură
- papurăany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Russian рого́з
- рого́з (rogóz)any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Slovak pálka
- pálkaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Spanish espadaña
- espadañaany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Swedish kaveldun
- kaveldunany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Turkish hasır otu
- hasır otuany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Welsh cynffon y gath
- cynffon y gathany of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cattail
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Cite this entry
APA
cattail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattail
MLA
“cattail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cattail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattail.
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